The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, a vestigial female fly is mated to a male that is scarlet eyes and bristled. Phenotypically wild type F1 female progeny were mated to fully homozygous (mutant) males, and the following progeny (of 1000 total) were observed (shown on table)  a. Which gene is in the middle? b. What are the map distances between the three genes for this question? c. Calculate and show the work for coefficient of coincidence d. Calculate the interference. What does this mean and what does it tell you?

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The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, a vestigial female fly is mated to a male that is scarlet eyes and bristled. Phenotypically wild type F1 female progeny were mated to fully homozygous (mutant) males, and the following progeny (of 1000 total) were observed (shown on table) 

a. Which gene is in the middle?

b. What are the map distances between the three genes for this question?

c. Calculate and show the work for coefficient of coincidence

d. Calculate the interference. What does this mean and what does it tell you?

Phenotypes
Number observed
vestigial
322
wild
39
scarlet, vestigial
|131
scarlet
19
scarlet, bristled
308
bristled, scarlet, vestigial
31
bristled
139
bristled, vestigial
11
Transcribed Image Text:Phenotypes Number observed vestigial 322 wild 39 scarlet, vestigial |131 scarlet 19 scarlet, bristled 308 bristled, scarlet, vestigial 31 bristled 139 bristled, vestigial 11
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