Refer to the Information and Figure Below to Answer the Following

question 37

Multiple Choice

Refer to the information and figure below to answer the following questions.
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.

-A certain female's number 12 chromosomes both have the blue gene and number 19 chromosomes both have the long gene. As cells in her ovaries undergo meiosis, which of the following combinations of genes and chromosomes will her eggs have?

• A) either two number 12 chromosomes with blue genes or two with orange genes
• B) either two number 19 chromosomes with long genes or two with short genes
• C) either one blue or one orange gene in addition to either one long or one short gene
• D) one chromosome 12 with one blue gene and one chromosome 19 with one long gene

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