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Assignment Three
1.
Aristapedia Mutation x Aristapedia Mutation
F1 Generation Phenotype Ratio
Offspring Female:+ 1.000
Male: + 1.232
Female: AR 2.037
Male: AR 1.890
F2 Generation Phenotype Number of Offspring Ratio
Offspring Female: + 499 1.000
Male: + 499 1.000
This cross proves that the aristapedia mutation is lethal because as seen in the F2 generation the only surviving flies are the wild-type.

Wild-type x Aristapedia mutation
F1 Generation Phenotype Number of Offspring Ratio
Female: + 247 1.051
Male: + 247 1.051
Female: AR 235 1.000
Male: AR 267 1.136
The information for the wild-type females...