A researcher mutagenized a group of butterflies and isolated six butterflies with extra-long bodies. Each butterfly has a recessive mutation in only one gene. The researcher performed a complementation test using the six butterflies and got the following results, where "+" is wild-type body and "-" is extra-long body. 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 + + 4 + 5 ? ? 6. + + + + +

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A researcher mutagenized a group of butterflies and isolated six butterflies with extra-long bodies. Each butterfly has a recessive mutation in only one gene. The researcher
performed a complementation test using the six butterflies and got the following results, where "+" is wild-type body and "-" is extra-long body.
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Transcribed Image Text:A researcher mutagenized a group of butterflies and isolated six butterflies with extra-long bodies. Each butterfly has a recessive mutation in only one gene. The researcher performed a complementation test using the six butterflies and got the following results, where "+" is wild-type body and "-" is extra-long body. 2 1 3 4 5 1 - - 3 + 4 + ? ? - + - - + + + + | +
Given the information provided, how many genes are defined among these five mutant lines?
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Transcribed Image Text:Given the information provided, how many genes are defined among these five mutant lines? 1 3 2 4
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