A female Drosophila fly is heterozygous for three recessive pigmentation mutations called pl, wh, and tp. pl is associated with purple eyes, wh is associated with a white body, and tp is associated with transparent wings. A geneticist crosses this fly to a nale purple, white, and transparent fly and obtains the 1000 progeny given in the table. Phenotype white wild type purple, transparent purple, white Number 50 200 52 205 Phenotype transparent white, transparent purple, white, transparent purple Number 199 43 206 45

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A female Drosophila fly is heterozygous for three recessive pigmentation mutations called pl, wh, and tp. pl is associated with
purple eyes, wh is associated with a white body, and tp is associated with transparent wings. A geneticist crosses this fly to a
male purple, white, and transparent fly and obtains the 1000 progeny given in the table.
Phenotype
white
wild type
purple, transparent
purple, white
Number
50
200
52
205
Based on the table, which genes are linked?
wh and tp
O pl and tp
Opl and wh
Calculate the distance between the linked genes.
distance between the linked genes:
Phenotype
transparent
white, transparent
purple, white, transparent
purple
Number
199
43
206
45
m.u.
Transcribed Image Text:A female Drosophila fly is heterozygous for three recessive pigmentation mutations called pl, wh, and tp. pl is associated with purple eyes, wh is associated with a white body, and tp is associated with transparent wings. A geneticist crosses this fly to a male purple, white, and transparent fly and obtains the 1000 progeny given in the table. Phenotype white wild type purple, transparent purple, white Number 50 200 52 205 Based on the table, which genes are linked? wh and tp O pl and tp Opl and wh Calculate the distance between the linked genes. distance between the linked genes: Phenotype transparent white, transparent purple, white, transparent purple Number 199 43 206 45 m.u.
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