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Genetic Variation During Meiosis
12. Meiosis / Genetic Variation During Meiosis / Problem 5

To determine the order of body colour, wing size and eye colour genes on the chromosome of Drosophila, which of the following sets of crosses will you perform?


a. Cross 1 - โ™‚ wild-type heterozygous for normal wings and red eyes x โ™€ recessive homozygous for vestigial wings and purple eyes. Cross 2 - โ™‚ wild-type heterozygous for gray body and red eyes x โ™€ recessive homozygous for black body and purple eyes.


b. Cross 1 - โ™‚ wild-type homozygous for normal wings and red eyes x โ™€ recessive homozygous for vestigial wings and purple eyes. Cross 2 - โ™‚ wild-type homozygous for gray body and red eyes x โ™€ recessive homozygous for black body and purple eyes.


c. Cross 1 - โ™‚ wild-type heterozygous for normal wings and red eyes x โ™€ recessive homozygous for vestigial wings and purple eyes. Cross 2 - โ™‚ wild-type homozygous for gray body and red eyes x โ™€ recessive homozygous for black body and purple eyes.


d. Cross 1 - โ™‚ recessive homozygous for vestigial wings and purple eyes x โ™€ recessive homozygous for vestigial wings and purple eyes. Cross 2 - โ™‚ recessive homozygous for black body and purple eyes x โ™€ recessive homozygous for black body and purple eyes.

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