The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has autosomal genes for body colour and wing shape. Gene B/b is involved in the production of body colour: • B = dominant allele for brown body colour • b = recessive allele for black body colour. Gene D/d is involved in wing shape: • D = dominant allele for straight wing • d = recessive allele for curved wing. A dihybrid test cross was carried out between flies heterozygous for body colour and for wing shape and flies homozygous recessive for body colour and for wing shape. (a) Table 5.1 shows the number of offspring of each phenotype obtained in the test cross. [Table 5.1]
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