Refer to the Information and Figure Below to Answer the Following

question 62

Multiple Choice

Refer to the information and figure below 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 the figure.

-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, which of the following combinations of genes will her eggs have?

• 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 short and one fourth orange short gene eggs

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