Refer to the Following Information and Figure 13

question 37

Multiple Choice

Refer to the following information and Figure 13.4 to answer the following questions.
A certain (hypothetical) organism is diploid, has either blue or orange wings as the consequence of one of its genes on chromosome 12, and has either long or short antennae as the result of a second gene on chromosome 19, as shown in Figure 13.4.

Figure 13.4
-If a female of this species has one chromosome 12 with a blue gene and another chromosome 12 with an orange gene, and has both number 19 chromosomes with short genes, she will produce which of the following egg types?

• A) only blue short gene eggs
• B) only orange short gene eggs
• C) one-half blue short and one-half orange short gene eggs
• D) three-fourths blue long and one-fourth orange short gene eggs
• E) three-fourths blue short and one-fourth orange short gene eggs

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