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re 2/211201801.55 PM S47100 Gradebook -Print E Calculator-d Periodic Table Quest

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Question

re 2/211201801.55 PM S47100 Gradebook -Print E Calculator-d Periodic Table Question 4 of 5 Genetics: A Conceptual Approach Reading Quiz Pierce 6th Edition MHE/Freeman presented by Sapling Learning MapA Use the information gathered in the X-Linked Inheritance Animation to answer the following question. If nondisjunction of chromosomes occurs at a rate of 2% in a certain population of Drosophila approximately how many white-eyed males would you expect to see among 1000 offspring resulting from breeding a true-breeding red-eyed female with a white-eyed male? O 10 O This is impossible to calculate with the given information.

Explanation / Answer

How many white-eyed males I would like to expect to see among 1000 offspring resulting from breeding a true-breeding red-eyed female with the white-eyed male?

B) 5

2% of 1000 = 20

White-eyed male would be 20 X ¼ = 5