In a given population of Drosophila, curly wings (c) is recessive to the wild-type condition of straight wings (c⁺). You isolate a population of 35 curly winged flies, 70 flies that are heterozygous for straight wings and 45 that are homozygous for straight wings. What is the total number of alleles in the gene pool? A) 2 B) 150 C) 230 D) 300 E) 140

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Each fly has two alleles for the wing trait. There are 150 flies in total (35 curly + 70 heterozygous + 45 homozygous straight), so the total number of alleles is 150 x 2 = 300.

In a Given Population of Drosophila, Curly Wings (C) Is