Question 5 (1 point) While vermilion is X-linked in Drosophila and causes eye co

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Question 5 (1 point) While vermilion is X-linked in Drosophila and causes eye colour to be bright red, brown is an autosomal recessive tion that causes the eye colour to be brown. Flies carrying both mutations lose all pigmentation and are white-eyed Predict the F1 phenotypes when a white female is crossed with a wild male. a) 8 wild-type females and 8 vermillion males b) 8 wild-type males and 8 vermillion females c) 8 white females and 8 wild-type males d) 8 wild-type females and 8 white males acBook

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As vermillon is X linked which causes red eye and when white eyed female is crossed with wild male we get 8 wild males and 8 vermillon as it is X linked it mainly shows its effect in female offspring.

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