4) You design Drosophila crosses to provide recombination data for gene (A), which is located somewhere on the chromosome shown below: Short aristae Long aristae (appendages on head) Black body Gray body Mutant phenotypes Cinnabar eyes 48.5 57.5 Red eyes 67.0 Vestigial wings Normal wings Brown eyes 104.5 Red eyes Wild-type phenotypes Gene (A) has a recombination frequency of 14% with the vestigial-wing locus and 23% with the brown- eye locus. Where is gene (A) located on this chromosome?

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