-A Certain (Hypothetical)organism Is Diploid,has Either Blue or Orange Wings

question 33

Multiple Choice

-A certain (hypothetical) organism is diploid,has either blue or orange wings as the consequence of one of its genes on chromosome 12,and has either long or short antennae as the result of a second gene on chromosome 19,as shown in the figure above.A female with a paternal set of one orange and one long gene chromosome and a maternal set composed of one blue and one short gene chromosome is expected to produce which of the following types of eggs after meiosis?

• A)All eggs will have paternal types of gene combinations.
• B)Half the eggs will have maternal and half will have paternal combinations.
• C)Each egg has a one-fourth chance of having blue long,blue short,orange long,or orange short combinations.
• D)Each egg has a three-fourths chance of having blue long,one-fourth blue short,three-fourths orange long,or one-fourth orange short combinations.

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