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The wing type of a particular species of insect is determined by a sex-linked gene with two alleles, A (which is dominant) and a. Spotted wings are recessive to plain wings. Questions A plain-winged male is crossed with a heterozygous plain-winged female. (a) (i) What proportion of male offspring of this mating should you expect to have plain wings? (ii) What proportion of female offspring should you expect to have plain wings?

The wing type of a particular species of insect is determined by a sex-linked gene with two alleles, A (which is dominant) and a. Spotted wings are recessive to plain wings. Questions A plain-winged male is crossed with a heterozygous plain-winged female. (a) (i) What proportion of male offspring of this mating should you expect to have plain wings? (ii) What proportion of female offspring should you expect to have plain wings?

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The wing type of a particular species of insect is determined by a sex-linked gene with two alleles, A (which is dominant) and a. Spotted wings are recessive to plain wings. Questions A plain-winged male is crossed with a heterozygous plain-winged female. (a) (i) What proportion of male offspring of this mating should you expect to have plain wings? (ii) What proportion of female offspring should you expect to have plain wings?
Transcribed Image Text:The wing type of a particular species of insect is determined by a sex-linked gene with two alleles, A (which is dominant) and a. Spotted wings are recessive to plain wings. Questions A plain-winged male is crossed with a heterozygous plain-winged female. (a) (i) What proportion of male offspring of this mating should you expect to have plain wings? (ii) What proportion of female offspring should you expect to have plain wings?
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