White Eyes Is a Recessive Sex-Linked Trait in Fruit Flies

question 69

Multiple Choice

White eyes is a recessive sex-linked trait in fruit flies. If a white-eyed female fruit fly is mated to a red-eyed male, their offspring should be

• A) 50 percent red-eyed and 50 percent white-eyed for both sexes.
• B) all white-eyed for both sexes.
• C) all white-eyed males and all red-eyed females.
• D) all white-eyed females and all red-eyed males.
• E) 50 percent red-eyed males and 50 percent white-eyed males and all red-eyed females.

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