You Are Doing Lab Work with a New Species of Beetle.You

question 55

Multiple Choice

You are doing lab work with a new species of beetle.You isolated lines that breed true for either blue shells and long antenna, or green shells and short antenna.Crossing these lines yields F₁ progeny with blue shells and long antenna.Crossing F₁ progeny with beetles that have green shells and short antenna yield the following progeny: A chi-square test is done to test for independent assortment.What is the resulting chi-square value and how many degree(s) of freedom should be used in its interpretation?

• A)27.1 and one degree of freedom
• B)14.9 and three degrees of freedom
• C)14.9 and two degrees of freedom
• D)27.1 and three degrees of freedom
• E)0)42 and two degrees of freedom

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