Female fruit flies from a true-breeding strain with yellow body and cut wings are mated to male fruit flies from a true breeding strain that is wild type for both body color and wings. In the F1 generation, all of the female flies are wild type for both characters while all of the male flies have yellow bodies and cut wings. The F1 males and females are intercrossed, and among 1000 male progeny the following is observed: 425 yellow body and cut wings 405 wild type body and wild type wings 90 yellow body and wild type wings 80 wild type body and cut wings Are these genes X-linked or autosomal? How far apart are they from each other?

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Inheritance and Mendelian Genetics

Inheritance means the passing of traits to offspring from parents. These traits could be passed either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. The offspring receives the genetic material from the parents. Mendelian inheritance is a certain biological inheritance that follows the rules and principles laid down by Gregor Mendel in 1865. The initial hypothesis was considered wrong, but other inheritance theories modified the concept of inheritance and thus genetics.