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The Sex of the Fruit Fly Drosophila Melanogaster Is Determined

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The sex of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is determined as follows: XX chromosomes give a female and XY give a male. The gene for bar eyes is recessive and located on the X chromosome. If a male with normal eyes is mated with a female who has normal eyes but is heterozygous,


A) all of the female offspring will have bar eyes.
B) 1/2 the offspring will have bar eyes.
C) 1/2 the males will have bar eyes.
D) none of the offspring will have bar eyes.

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