A female fruit fly with the recessive mutant phenotype of white eyes and miniature wings is mated with a male possessing the wild-type phenotype of red eyes and normal wings.Among the F₁s,all the females are wild-type while all the males exhibit the mutant phenotype.The F₂s resulting from a testcross exhibit predominantly (63%)parental phenotypes.How do you explain these results?

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The Answer of A female fruit fly with the recessive mutant phenotype of white eyes and miniature wings is mated with a male possessing the wild-type phenotype of red eyes and normal wings.Among the F₁s,all the females are wild-type while all the males exhibit the mutant phenotype.The F₂s resulting from a testcross exhibit predominantly (63%)parental phenotypes.How do you explain these results?

A Female Fruit Fly with the Recessive Mutant Phenotype of White