A pure-breeding female fruit fly with a yellow body is crossed to a pure-breeding male fruit fly with a gray body. All female offspring from the cross have gray bodies and all males have yellow bodies

Body color is likely a(n)__________trait, and the gray allele is ________. A) Autosomal; dominant
B) Autosomal; recessive
C) X-linked; dominant
D) X-linked; recessive


C

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