You are studying fruit flies and performing a cross similar to one that Thomas Hunt Morgan performed. However, you forg

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You are studying fruit flies and performing a cross similar to one that Thomas Hunt Morgan performed. However, you forg

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You are studying fruit flies and performing a cross similar toone that Thomas Hunt Morgan performed. However, you forgot towrite down the genotypes of the parents of your cross. Foryour progeny, you end up with 40 miniature-winged males, 80long-winged females, and 40 long-winged males. Assuming that allgenotypes from this cross should have equal survival rates, whatare the genotypes of the parent flies?
Select one:
A. XmY and Xm+Xm+
B. Xm+Y and XmXm
C. Xm+Y and Xm+Xm
D. XmY and Xm+Xm
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