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Ch. 3 - Mendelian Genetics
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In Drosophila, gray body color is dominant to ebony body color, while long wings are dominant to vestigial wings. Assuming that the P₁ individuals are homozygous, work the following crosses through the F₂ generation, and determine the genotypic and phenotypic ratios for each generation.
gray, long x gray, vestigial.

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Identify the traits and their dominance relationships: gray body color (G) is dominant to ebony body color (g), and long wings (L) are dominant to vestigial wings (l).
Determine the genotypes of the P₁ generation: since P₁ individuals are homozygous, the gray, long individual is G G L L, and the gray, vestigial individual is G G l l.
Perform the P₁ cross by combining the genotypes: cross G G L L (gray, long) with G G l l (gray, vestigial). Since both parents are homozygous, all F₁ offspring will have the genotype G G L l.
Set up the F₁ cross by mating two F₁ individuals (G G L l x G G L l) to produce the F₂ generation. Use a Punnett square to determine all possible genotypes for the wing trait (L l x L l) while body color remains G G (gray) in all offspring.
From the Punnett square, determine the genotypic ratios for the wing trait (L L, L l, l l) and combine with the body color genotype (G G) to find the phenotypic ratios in the F₂ generation: gray body with long wings, and gray body with vestigial wings.

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