If the homozygous white-eyed Drosophila female is crossed with red-eyed Drosophila male, what is the probability of the male offspring having white colour eyes:
Correct answer: D. 100%
- A. 0%
- B. 25%
- C. 50%
- D. 100%
Explanation
After crossing between white-eyed female (XWXW) with red-eyed male (X+Y), in the F1 generation, all the females flies were red-eyed and all the male flies were white-eyed. This result obtained is not the same as expected from the normal Mendelian ratio. This shows that the pattern of inheritance of eye color is dependent on X-chromosome. Therefore, it was concluded that the gene for eye color is located on the X-chromosome.
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