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Which of Thomas hunt morgans hypotheses was valid

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Answer;

white eyes are homozygous recessive

Step-by-step explanation;

  • Thomas Hunt Morgan work with the fruit fly showed that genes are linked in a series on chromosomes and are responsible for identifiable, hereditary traits. He was the first to identify that genes are linked to the same chromosome.
  • According to his hypothesis he stated that genes that are linked are arranged linearly on a chromosome, while those genes with low combination frequencies must be closer together and thus difficult to separate.
  • When a gene contains two similar alleles that is, either two dominant alleles or two recessive alleles then it is called homozygous dominant and homozygous recessive respectively. White eyes of a fruit fly is an example of homozygous recessive
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The correct answer is C) White eyes are homozygous recessive in female Drosophila.

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