Question

In fruit flies, the allele for ebony body color is recessive to the allele for brown body color. In a generation of fruit flies with 103 offspring, 51 males and 52 females had ebony bodies. Which of the following is the best conclusion you can make about the parents of this generation?

One parent was heterozygous for body color and the other was homozygous with a brown body.

One parent had an ebony body and the other was heterozygous for body color.

Both parents were heterozygous for body color.

Both parents were homozygous with ebony bodies.

Answer 1

@BioEpic @PRAETORIAN.10

Answer 2

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 3

@Speedywalker