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In Drosophila, the linked mutations ebony body color (e), rough eyes (r), and brevis bristles (b), are autosomal recessive. A test cross yielded the following results:

wild type 169
ebony 619
ebony, rough 9
brevis 14
rough 93
ebony, brevis 97
rough, brevis 621
ebony, rough, brevis 165
Total 1787
1: Which locus is in somewhere between the other two?
a. ebony
b. rough
c. brevis
d. wild type
e. can not be determined from the information provided
2: What is the percentage of double cross overs?

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Answer:

The correct answer is - 1) rough

2) [(9+14)/1786]* 100 = 1.2877 percentage

Step-by-step explanation:

In this case there is mutated genes are :

mutated : ebony (e), rough (r) and brevis (b)

wild type: e+, r+ and b+

Given: wild type 169 (e+ r+ b+)

ebony 619 (e b+ r+)....... parent

rough, brevis 621 (e+ b r) .... parent

ebony, rough, brevis - 165 (e r b)

rough - 93 (e+ r b+)

ebony, brevis - 97 (e r+ b)

ebony, rough - 9 (e r b+) ....... double cross

brevis - 14 (e+ r+ b) ..... double cross

solution:

In this question, there is the three-point cross is performed, in such case, if one is mutated then the other two are normal. For instance, here ebony is mutated then the rest two are norma - e r+ b+.

We know the most frequent genotypes in such case, are parental and least frequent are double crossover genotypes. We can get the correct order of genes by the double-cross of parental genotypes and if we get double cross over then the gene order is correct.

(e b+ r+) -----------> (e r b+)

(e+ b r) ------------> (e+ r+ b)

double cross double crossover

between

parental gentype

Thus, the correct order is e r b that means rough is between ebony and brevis.

The percentage of double cross over =

(number of first double-cross + second double-cross over/1787)*100

[(9+14)/1786]* 100 = 1.2877 percentage

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