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In Drosophila melanogaster the allele for long wings is dominant over the allele for vestigial wings, and the allele for a grey body is dominant over the allele for a black body. A testcross was done to check for genetic linkage between the genes for these traits, with the following results for the offspring:

410 flies with long wings and a black body

105 flies with long wings and a grey body

390 flies with vestigial wings and a grey body

95 flies with vestigial wings and a black body

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