Use the Following Information to Answer the Questions Below

question 53

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
Drosophila (fruit flies) usually have long wings (+) but mutations in two different genes can result in bent wings (bt) or vestigial wings (vg) .
-If flies that are heterozygous for both the bent wing gene and the vestigial wing gene are mated, what is the probability of offspring with bent wings only?

• A) 1/8
• B) 3/8
• C) 1/4
• D) 9/16
• E) 3/16

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