The white-eyed gene in Drosophila is recessive and sex-linked. Assume that a white-eyed female is mated to a wild-type male. What would be the phenotypes of the offspring?

A) all wild type
B) females wild type, males white eyed
C) all white eyed
D) females white eyed; males wild type
E) females half wild type, half white eyed; males white eyed


Answer: B

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