A Lizard with Striped Tails Is Crossed with One Having

question 53

Multiple Choice

A lizard with striped tails is crossed with one having a spotted head, producing normal looking (no stripes or spots) progeny.What progeny would be expected to be produced by mating one of these lizards with another that had a striped tail and spotted head, if the genes conferring stripes and spots were close together on the same chromosome?

• A) equal numbers of normal, striped, spotted and striped, and spotted
• B) 3 striped : 1 spotted
• C) mostly progeny that are striped or spotted
• D) mostly progeny that are normal or striped and spotted
• E) 9 normal : 3 striped : 3 spotted : 1 striped and spotted

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