In Drosophila, the Autosomal Recessive Pr and Cn Mutations Cause

question 24

Multiple Choice

In Drosophila, the autosomal recessive pr and cn mutations cause brown and bright-red eyes, respectively (wild-type flies have brick-red eyes) .Flies who are homozygous recessive at both pr and cn have orange eyes.A female who has wild-type eyes is crossed to an orange-eyed male.Their progeny have the following distribution of eye colors:
$$\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { wild-type } & \text { 8 } \\\hline \text { brown } & 241 \\\hline \text { briphit-red } & 239 \\\hline \text { orarnge } & \underline{12} \\\hline & 500 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-What is the genotype of the wild-type mother of these progeny?

• A)pr cn / pr⁺ cn⁺
• B)pr⁺ cn / pr⁺ cn
• C)pr⁺ cn / pr cn⁺
• D)pr cn⁺ / pr cn⁺
• E)pr cn / pr cn

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