Which of the Following Statements Explains Why All of the F₁

question 195

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements explains why all of the F₁ females from a cross between a red-eyed homozygous female fly and a white-eyed male fly are heterozygous?

• A)The male parent provides them with a white-eye allele in the X and a red-eye allele in the Y.
• B)The male parent provides them with a white-eye allele in the X, and the female parent provides them with a red-eye allele in the Y.
• C)The male parent provides them with a white-eye allele in the X, and the female parent provides them with a red-eye allele in the X.
• D)The female parent provides two X chromosomes to each daughter who both carry the red-eye allele.
• E)None of the answer options is correct.

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