The phenotype of vestigial (short) wings (vg) in Drosophila melanogaster is caused by a recessive mutant gene that independently assorts with a recessive gene for hairy (h) body. Assume that a cross is made between a fly that is homozygous for normal wings and has a hairy body and a fly with vestigial wings that is homozygous for normal body. The wild-type F1 flies were crossed among each other to produce 1024 F2 offspring. Which phenotypes would you expect among the F2 offspring, and how many of each phenotype would you expect? Group of answer choices 192 wild type, 256 vestigial, 64 hairy, and 192 vestigial and hairy All vestigial and hairy. 576 wild type, 192 vestigial, 192 hairy, and 64 vestigial and hairy All wild type 256 wild type; 256 vestigial, 256 hairy, and 256 vestigial and hairy

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The phenotype of vestigial (short) wings (vg) in Drosophila melanogaster is caused by a recessive mutant gene that independently assorts with a recessive gene for hairy (h) body. Assume that a cross is made between a fly that is homozygous for normal wings and has a hairy body and a fly with vestigial wings that is homozygous for normal body. The wild-type F1 flies were crossed among each other to produce 1024 F2 offspring. Which phenotypes would you expect among the F2 offspring, and how many of each phenotype would you expect?

Group of answer choices
192 wild type, 256 vestigial, 64 hairy, and 192 vestigial and hairy
All vestigial and hairy.
576 wild type, 192 vestigial, 192 hairy, and 64 vestigial and hairy
All wild type
256 wild type; 256 vestigial, 256 hairy, and 256 vestigial and hairy
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