A New Mutation InDrosophilais Found Called Peach, Which Causes a Peach-Like

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A new mutation inDrosophilais found called peach, which causes a peach-like body color. A peach male is crossed to a homozygous wild-type female and the offspring consists of peach females and normal males. If a heterozygous peach female is crossed to a normal male, the offspring consists of ¹/₄ peach females, ¹/₄ normal females, ¹/₄ peach males, and ¹/₄ normal males. What is the MOST likely mode of inheritance for peach?

• A) It is X linked and recessive.
• B) It is X linked and dominant.
• C) It is autosomal and recessive.
• D) It is autosomal and dominant.
• E) It is Y linked.

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