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Date May 2013 Marks available 1 Reference code 13M.1.HL.TZ1.33
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 1
Command term Question number 33 Adapted from N/A

Question

In fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) grey body is dominant to black body and long wings are dominant to vestigial wings. Two flies heterozygous for both genes were crossed. What proportion of the offspring would be expected to have black bodies and long wings?

A. 1/2
B. 3/16
C. 1/4
D. 1/16

Markscheme

B

Examiners report

N/A

Syllabus sections

Additional higher level » Topic 10: Genetics and evolution » 10.2 Inheritance
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