Which of the following describes the sex-linked trait of white eye color in male fruit flies?
a. Wild type
b. Homozygous
c. Heterozygous
d. Hemizygous
d. Hemizygous
The sex-linked trait of white eye color in male fruit flies makes them hemizygous. Eye color in fruit flies is sex-linked on the X chromosome, and males only have one allele for any X-linked characteristic, like eye color. They lack the gene for eye color on the Y chromosome.
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