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The sex of the fruit fly DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER is determined as follows: XX chromosomes give a female and XY give a male. The gene for bar eyes is recessive and located on the X chromosome. If a male with normal eyes is mated with a female who has normal eyes but is heterozygous,

a. all of the female offspring will have bar eyes.  
b. 1/2 the offspring will have bar eyes.  
c. 1/2 the males will have bar eyes.  
d. none of the offspring will have bar eyes.
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12 years ago
X is normal eyed allele
x is bar eyed allele
female is     X    x  (normal vision but hetero)
male is        X    Y  (normal vision male)

the offspring would be      X      x
                                   X   XX   Xx

                                   Y   XY   xY
both females have normal eyes, but one carries the trait for barred eyes

one male is normal eyed, the other has barred eyes. Its a recessive trait but a male only needs one affected (x) allele.

The answer is C.

In order for ant female offspring to be affected, she would have to have to 2 affected (x) alleles.
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