The recessive alleles for mahogany eyes m and ebony body e

Last updated: 10/25/2023

The recessive alleles for mahogany eyes m and ebony body e identify two autosomal genes on the third chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster When females heterozygous for these genes were crossed with mahogany eyed ebony bodied males the following classes and numbers of progeny out of 1000 were obtained mahogany eyes ebony body 319 mahogany eyes wild type body color 176 What is the distanced between the m and eb genes Wild type eye color wild type body color 311 Wild type eye color ebony body 194 19 4 map units 31 1 map units 31 9 map units