In Morgan's experiments on linkage, the percentage of white - eyed, miniature winged combinations in F2 generation is

a.) 1.3

b.) 37.2

c.) 62.8

d.) 73.2

e) 98.7

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b)37%.Non-parental phenotypes (white eyes with normal wings or red eyes with miniature wings) occurred in about 37% of the F2 flies. Well below the 50% predicted for independent assortment, this indicates that non-parental flies result from recombination of linked genes

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In Morgan's experiments on linkage, the percentage of white - eyed, miniature winged combinations in F2 generation is a.) 1.3 b.) 37.2 c.) 62.8 d.) 73.2 e) 98.7

b)37%.Non-parental phenotypes (white eyes with normal wings or red eyes with miniature wings) occurred in about 37% of the F2 flies. Well below the 50% predicted for independent assortment, this indicates that non-parental flies result from recombination of linked genes

In Morgan's experiments on linkage, the percentage of white - eyed, miniature winged combinations in F2 generation is

a.) 1.3

b.) 37.2

c.) 62.8

d.) 73.2

e) 98.7