A (hypothetical) diploid organism has different genes that control wing length and wing color.
A female of this species with short blue-colored wings has a chromosome pair with two short-wing alleles and a second chromosome pair with one blue-wing allele and one orange-wing allele. The eggs from this individual will have which of the following combinations of alleles?

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Since the female has two short-wing alleles, all eggs will inherit a short-wing allele. For wing color, since she has one blue-wing allele and one orange-wing allele, half of the eggs will inherit the blue-wing allele and the other half will inherit the orange-wing allele, resulting in a 1:1 ratio of short blue-winged to short orange-winged eggs.

A (Hypothetical) Diploid Organism Has Different Genes That Control Wing