In Drosophila, straight wings are dominant to curved wings (c), smooth eyes are dominant to sparkling eyes (spa), and tan body is dominant to ebony body color (e). If flies that are heterozygous for all three traits are crossed, what proportion of the offspring would you expect to have straight wings, sparkling eyes, and tan bodies

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Alice

28 February, 22:51

In Drosophila, straight wings are dominant to curved wings (c), smooth eyes are dominant to sparkling eyes (spa), and tan body is dominant to ebony body color (e). If flies that are heterozygous for all three traits are crossed, what proportion of the offspring would you expect to have straight wings, sparkling eyes, and tan bodies

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Matthew Marks · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

In this case, the offspring will have two dominant traits and one recessive trait. If One of the Alleles for a traight is dominant, then the expressed traight will be dominant, assuming there is no mixing of traits. So for any offspring with these traits, they can have one or both domiant alleles for the wing shape and body color traits, but they must have both recessive alleles for the eye trait. Using a punnett square, you can find the number, which happens to be 9/64.