Two Drosophila Are Crossed Several Times, with a Total Number

question 96

Short Answer

Two Drosophila are crossed several times, with a total number of offspring of 106 females and 48 males. There is too great a deviation from the expected 1:1 ratio for chance alone to account for the difference. What other factor could account for this difference?

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