Ultimate Biology Study Guide - Questions & Answers
In Drosophila, the allele red eyes (bw+) is dominant to the allele for brown eyes (bw). At another gene locus on the same chromosome, the allele for thin wing veins (hv+) is dominant to the allele for heavy wing veins (hv). Flies homozygous for bw and hv+ are crossed to flies homozygous for bw+ and hv to obtain doubly heterozygous F1 progeny. Given that these 2 gene loci are very closely linked, the phenotypic ratio in the F2 generation should be closest to a. 9 brown, thin: 3 brown, heavy: 3 red, thin: 1 red, heavy b. 3 red, thin: 1 brown heavy c. 1 brown, thin: 1 brown, heavy: 1 red, thin: 1 red, heavy d. 1 brown, thin: 2 red, thin: 1 red, heavy