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In the fruit fly, Dichaete (D) is a dominant autosomal mutation that affects win

ID: 204414 • Letter: I

Question

In the fruit fly, Dichaete (D) is a dominant autosomal mutation that affects wing shape; it is lethal when homozygous. Ebony body, e, and pink eye, p, are recessive mutations also located on the same chromosome. Dichaete F1 flies from a cross of dichete ebony x pink were test-crossed, and 1000 progeny collected.

A. Diagram these crosses. :

B. Predict the numbers of testcross progeny in each phenotypic class:

__________________________ Dichaete
Pink
Ebony

Dichaete ebony
Ebony pink
Dichaete pink
Dichaete ebony pink
Wild type __________________________

C. Predict phenotypic ratios from test-crosses of each of these three F2 classes: Ebony
Pink
Dichaete ebony pink

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

a).

dichete ebony x pink

Dd ee PP x dd EE pp---Parents

dEp

DeP

DeP / dEp (dichete)

deP

deP / dEp (Wild)

B).

DeP / dEp (dichete) x ddeepp

dep

DEP

DEP / dep (dichete) -1/8

DEp

DEp / dep (dichete, pink) -1/8

DeP

DeP / dep (dichete, ebony) -1/8

Dep

Dep / dep (dichete, ebony, pink) -1/8

dEP

dEP / dep (wild) -1/8

dEp

dEp / dep (pink) -1/8

deP

deP / dep (ebony) -1/8

dep

dep / dep ( ebony, pink) -1/8

Pink = 1/8 * 1000 = 125
Ebony = 1/8 * 1000 = 125
Dichaete ebony = 1/8 * 1000 = 125
Ebony pink= 1/8 * 1000 = 125
Dichaete pink= 1/8 * 1000 = 125
Dichaete ebony pink= 1/8 * 1000 = 125
Wild = 1/8 * 1000 = 125

C).

Ebony = 125

Pink = 125

Dichete ebony pink = 125

The ratio = 1:1:1

dEp

DeP

DeP / dEp (dichete)

deP

deP / dEp (Wild)

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