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In the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, wild type eye color is a brick red color and is produced by the action of two genes, one producing red color, the other brown. Vermilion is an X-linked recessive mutation that results in a bright red eye. Brown is an autosomal recessive mutation that results in a brown eye. Flies carrying both the vermilion and brown mutations produce no pigment and have white eyes. True breeding Vermilion eyed females are crossed to brown eyed males
a. Determine the genotype of the parental flies
b. Diagram the cross and determine the F1 genotypic and phenotypic ratios
c. Diagram the cross when the F1 progeny are mated to produce an F2 generation. Determine the F2 genotypic and phenotypic ratios. You must correctly use the forked line method (branch diagram).
Ans: II Please Give Ratings II
parental 1 Xv Xv bw+ bw+
parental 2 Xv+ Y bw bw
gametes of parental 1: xv bw+
gametes of parental 2: xv+ bw and y bw