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Q: One of the X chromosomes in a particular Drosophila female had a normal order of genes but carried…

A: Crossing over: It occurs during prophase I and involves the exchange of genetic material between…

Q: In Drosophila, the sepia mutation (se, chromosome 3, position 26) results in dark brown eyes, while…

A: Introduction :- D. melanogaster is an ideal model organism due to a variety of characteristics. The…

Q: In Drosophila, a fully heterozygous female with the X-linked recessive genes a, b, and c (not…

A: A fully heterozygous female with x linked gene a, b, c was mated with male a, b, c. Parental cross -…

Q: How many gametes of differing genotypes can a female drosophila of genotype ABC/abc produce? How…

A: There will be same gametes will be developed in males and females. The explanation is given bellow.

Q: Inversions are known to affect crossing-over. The following homologs have the indicated order (the…

A: Insertion, deletion, substitution, and inversion are the four types of mutations. Insertion is a…

Q: In fruit flies, you are mapping three genes in a three point cross. The mutants are hairy body (h),…

A: To determine gene order, we will compare parental and double crossover progenies.

Q: Females heterozygous for the recessive second chromosome mutations px, sp, and cn are mated to a…

A: Females heterozygous for the recessive second chromosome mutations px, sp, and cn are mated to a…

Q: A yeast geneticist irradiates haploid cells of a strain that is an adenine-requiring auxotrophic…

A: A mutant strain that isn't able to grow on a minimal medium and requires some specific supplements…

Q: Multiple crosses were made between true-breeding lines of black and yellow Labrador retrievers. All…

A: Black ×Yellow →All Yellow (F1) F1×F2→121 Yellow +9 Black +30  Chocolate Total offspring in F2…

Q: In corn, male sterility is controlled by maternal cytoplasmic elements. This phenotype renders the…

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Q: were observed and used to make a map of these genes.  Calculate the interference.…

A: Answer. The linkage of the genes in a chromosome can be in the form of a genetic map or linkage map.…

Q: Imagine Drosophila genes C, D, and E are autosomal genes located close to each other on the same…

A: If many genes are located on the same chromosome then the crossing over between them will be reduced…

Q: In Drosophila, a cross was made between a yellow-bodied male with vestigial wings and a wild-type…

A: Genes can be defined as an important unit of inheritance. A pair of genes is called allele. These…

Q: What is the type of inheritance? What is known of the genotype of the male in the above cross? What…

A: Introduction  Genetics is frequently used to refer to heredity, which is the passing on of genetic…

Q: In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, the following alleles were used in a cross: T = presence of…

A: a) To find: The appearance of the F1

Q: In a testcross of a corn plant heterozygous for 3 linked, recessive genes (a, b, & d), the following…

A: Alfred H. Sturtevant was the first to discover gene mapping. In order to determine the relative…

Q: One of the X chromosomes in a particular Drosophila female had a normal order of genes but carried…

A: Inversion usually occurs in the prophase 1 in which two break can occur in the area and can thus…

Q: Cinnabar eyes (cn) and reduced bristles (rd) are linked autosomal recesive characters in Drosophila…

A: According to the question, The given cross is, cn+cn+rd+rd+ (wild type female) X   cncnrdrd (reduced…

Q: Two plants in a cross were each heterozygous for two gene pairs (AB /ab) whose loci are linked and…

A: Linkage is an exception to independent assortment. Distance between two genes = recombination…

Q: Two different female Drosophila were isolated, each heterozygous for the autosomally linked genes…

A: Crossing over refers to the exchange of genetic material in the germ line. During meiosis, the…

Q: It is assumed that in Drosophila the following genotypes produce phenotypes. َA- B- = Red color A-…

A: Genetics may be a discipline of biology concerned with the study of genes, genetic diversity, and…

Q: h se g. +se+ + se g. ++g. h se + + + + h+g. h++ TOTAL Oh; 16.4 O se; 7.1 is the gene in the middle…

A: Genetic linkage is the tendency for genes located close to each other on the same chromosome to be…

Q: A Drosophila strain with two mutated phenotypes was crossed with a wild-type Drosophila strain. The…

A: Law of independent assortment state that two different allele assorts independent from one other.…

Q: In Drosophila, a female fly is heterozygous for three mutations, Bar eyes (B), miniature wings (m),…

A: In terms of genetics and genomics, linkage describes how closely genes or other DNA sequences are…

Q: A mutation of Drosophila has a wing condition known as beaded. When a beaded fly was crossed with a…

A: The wildtype flies have long and full wings. The mutated flies have beaded wings that can be due to…

Q: A blue eyed agouti hair male mouse is mated to a brown eyed yellow haired female mouse, and a test…

A: Given:  A blue eyed agouti hair male mouse is mated to a brown eyed yellow haired female mouse, and…

Q: Two plants with white flowers, each from true-breeding strains, were crossed. All the F1 plants had…

A: The homozygous (true-breeding) strains of plants producing white-colored flowers mate to produce F1…

Q: In tomato, the following genes are located on chromosome 2: +   tall plant…

A: Introduction Crossing Over Is Exchange Of Genetic Information. It Occurs During Meiosis When Genetic…

Q: In Drosophila melanogaster, ebony body (e) and rough eyes (ro) are encoded by autosomal recessive…

A: Drosophila melanogaster is a common fruit fly. It is most common subject used in majority of genetic…