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Answer:
The genotype of the F1 was wy+/w+y.
Explanation:
One of the given options has a typo: the red eye-brown body offspring count should be 56 instead of 561.
<u>We have two genes with two alleles each:</u>
Red eyes (w+) is dominant over white eyes (w).
Brown body (y+) is dominant over yellow body (y).
The phenotypes of the F2 tesulting from a test cross (F1 x wy/wy) are:
- wy+/ey (white-eye, brown body): 670
- w+y/wy (red-eye, yellow body): 650
- wy/wy (white-eye, yellow body): 38
- w+y+/wy (red-eye, brown body 56
If the genes w and y are linked, two phenotypes in the F2 will be much more abundant than the other two. Recombination during meiosis is a rare event, so the most abundant phenotypes are the parentals (the ones present in the F1 parent).
Every individual in the offpsring has a <em>wy</em> chromosome, as this was the gamete inherited from the test cross individual.
In this case, the most abundant gametes are wy+ and w+y, so the genotype of the F1 was wy+/w+y.
Notice how when recombination occurs in the F1 parent, the recombinant gametes appear: wy and w+y+, which are the less abundant in the F2 progeny.
It could be a common ancestry among organisms.
