Use the Following Information to Answer the Question

question 37

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question.

In a Drosophila experiment, a cross was made between homozygous wild-type females and yellow-bodied males. All of the resulting F₁s were phenotypically wild type. However, adult flies of the F₂ generation (resulting from matings of the F₁s) had the characteristics shown in the figure. How is the mutant allele for yellow body inherited?

• A) It is not X-linked.
• B) It is X-linked.
• C) It is inherited by X inactivation.
• D) It is Y-linked.

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