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aero

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on: Jun 29, 2013
If a Drosophila female has a homozygous mutation for a maternal effect gene,
A) she will not develop past the early embryonic stage.
B) all of her offspring will show the mutant phenotype, regardless of their genotype.
C) only her male offspring will show the mutant phenotype.
D) her offspring will show the mutant phenotype only if they are also homozygous for the mutation.
E) only her female offspring will show the mutant phenotype.


Hawke

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Reply #1 on: Jul 1, 2013
I'd go with B. It makes sense.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 23, 2013
Perfect!! It was right lol


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