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MHT CET · BIOLOGY · STD 12 - 3. Inheritance and Variation

When white eyed and miniature winged Drosophila melanogaster is crossed with its wild type, it produces following percentage of recombinants.

  1. A 1.3%
  2. B 37.2%
  3. C 62.8%
  4. D 98.7%
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(B) 37.2%

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The genes for white eye and miniature wings are loosely linked hence show higher percentage of recombination (37.2%).