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A Drosophila Fly Heterozygous for Alleles for Black Body, Dumpy

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A Drosophila fly heterozygous for alleles for black body, dumpy wings, and purple eyes was test-crossed to a fly that was homozygous recessive for all three genes. The genes are all on the same chromosome. The offspring had the following phenotypes in the following numbers:
 Phenotype  Number of offspring  wild type 225 black body, purple eyes, dumpy wings 238 dumpy wings 122 black body, purple eyes 135 black body, dumpy wings 15 purple eyes 19 purple eyes, dumpy wings 6 black body 5\begin{array} { | l | c | } \hline \text { Phenotype } & \text { Number of offspring } \\\hline \text { wild type } & 225 \\\hline \text { black body, purple eyes, dumpy wings } & 238 \\\hline \text { dumpy wings } & 122 \\\hline \text { black body, purple eyes } & 135 \\\hline \text { black body, dumpy wings } & 15 \\\hline \text { purple eyes } & 19 \\\hline \text { purple eyes, dumpy wings } & 6 \\\hline \text { black body } & 5 \\\hline\end{array} What is the order of the genes on the chromosome?


A) black - purple - dumpy
B) black - dumpy - purple
C) purple - black - dumpy
D) dumpy - purple - black

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