Question

in fruit flies (drosphilia), one eye color Gene is x-linked, with a recessive white allele and a dominant red allele. if white eye female flies were bred to red eyed male Flies, what would be the expected Offspring (assume all parent toll flies are purebred)

Answer 1

4 heterozygous offspring.the offspring will have red eyes but with the recessive white eye trait.

Answer 2

XR Y

Xr XRXr XrY

Step-by-step explanation:

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r: recessive white allele

R: dominant red allele

XX: female

XY: male

XrXr: white-eyed female. A possible gamete Xr (

assuming a homozygous female)

XRY: red-eyed male. Possible XR and Y alleles.

50% of the offspring will be heterozygous female with red-eye phenotype (dominant)

50% of the offspring will be male with white eyes phenotype (recessive).

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