Females from a pure-breeding curly-winged strain are mated with males from a pure-breeding straight-winged (wild-type) strain. The F1 mate with each other to produce an F2 generation that consists of 160 flies with curly wings and 80 with straight wings. What can you infer from this observation? Explain your answer and why the other options do not qualify,  A) Curly wings is a recessive trait.  B) The dominant curly wing allele is also a recessive lethal.  C) Wing shape is controlled by two codominant alleles.  D) Two interacting genes determine wing shape.  E) All of the hybrid F 1 flies had straight wings.

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