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Suppose that in Drosophila melanogaster, the allele for red eyes is dominant over the allele for purple eyes, and the allele for a grey body is dominant over the allele for a black body. Also suppose that a testcross was done to check for genetic linkage between the genes for these traits, with the following results for the offspring:

478 flies with red eyes and a black body

27 flies with red eyes and a grey body

462 flies with purple eyes and a grey body

33 flies with purple eyes and a black body

Which of the following best represents the map distance between the genes for these two traits?

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