In fruit flies, red eyes (pr+_) are dominant to purple eyes (prpr) and normal wings (vg+_) are dominant to vestigial wings (vgvg). The genes are located on the same chromosome. A pure- breeding red- eyed fly with vestigial wings was crossed with a pure- breeding purple- eyed fly with normal wings. All of the F1 progeny had a WT phenotype. The recombination frequency between the two genes is 15%. If an F1 individual were test crossed, what percentage of the progeny would you expect to have the WT phenotype?

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The recombination frequency of 15% indicates that 15% of the offspring will be recombinant types, and 7.5% will have the WT phenotype due to recombination.

In Fruit Flies, Red Eyes (Pr+_) Are Dominant to Purple