Which of the Following Did Hermann Muller Determine When Studying

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did Hermann Muller determine when studying eye color variegation in Drosophila melanogaster?

• A) Transcription of the w⁺ allele was directly influenced by the level DNA compaction.
• B) The w⁺ allele was expressed in the cell if the heterochromatin spread covered its new location.
• C) The chromosome region immediately surrounding the centromere was typically a euchromatic and contains a large number of expressed genes.
• D) The pattern of variegation was the same from fly to fly and that the two eyes of a single fly also had the same variegation patterns.
• E) The w⁺ allele had been deleted in cells that produced the white eye patches.

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