Which of the following statements is predicted if a population of fruit flies were fed a chemical that blocked the function of the SXL protein?
A) The progeny in the next generation would be approximately 50% male and 50% female.
B) The mRNA produced from the doublesex (dsx) gene would not be spliced.
C) The progeny in the next generation would be predominantly female.
D) The progeny in the next generation would be predominantly male.
E) The transformer (tra) gene would be maximally expressed.
Answer: D
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