A female Drosophila fly is heterozygous for three recessive pigmentation mutations called pk, bk, and tp. pk is associated with pink eyes, bk is associated with a black body, and tp is associated with transparent wings. A geneticist crosses this fly to a male pink, black, and transparent fly and obtains the 1000 progeny given in the table. Phenotype Number Phenotype Number black 50 transparent 203 wild type 204 black, transparent 43 pink, transparent pink, black 52 pink, black, transparent 202 201 pink 45 Based on the table, which genes are linked? pk and tp pk and bk bk and tp

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A female Drosophila fly is heterozygous for three recessive pigmentation mutations called pk, bk, and tp. pk is associated with
pink eyes, bk is associated with a black body, and tp is associated with transparent wings. A geneticist crosses this fly to a male
pink, black, and transparent fly and obtains the 1000 progeny given in the table.
Phenotype
Number
Phenotype
Number
black
50
transparent
203
wild type
204
black, transparent
pink, black, transparent
43
pink, transparent
pink, black
52
202
201
pink
45
Based on the table, which genes are linked?
O pk and tp
O pk and bk
O bk and tp
Transcribed Image Text:A female Drosophila fly is heterozygous for three recessive pigmentation mutations called pk, bk, and tp. pk is associated with pink eyes, bk is associated with a black body, and tp is associated with transparent wings. A geneticist crosses this fly to a male pink, black, and transparent fly and obtains the 1000 progeny given in the table. Phenotype Number Phenotype Number black 50 transparent 203 wild type 204 black, transparent pink, black, transparent 43 pink, transparent pink, black 52 202 201 pink 45 Based on the table, which genes are linked? O pk and tp O pk and bk O bk and tp
Based on the table, which genes are linked?
O pk and tp
pk and bk
bk and tp
Calculate the distance between the linked genes.
distance between the linked genes:
m.u.
Transcribed Image Text:Based on the table, which genes are linked? O pk and tp pk and bk bk and tp Calculate the distance between the linked genes. distance between the linked genes: m.u.
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