Inheritance

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In a species of insect, the gene for body colour (alleles B B\,B for grey, b b\,b for black) and wing shape (alleles V V\,V for normal, v v\,v for vestigial) are autosomally linked. A homozygous dominant insect with a grey body and normal wings (BBVVBBVVBBVV) is crossed with a double mutant insect with a black body and vestigial wings (bbvvbbvvbbvv) to produce the F1 F_1\,F1​ generation.

An F1 F_1\,F1​ dihybrid female is then backcrossed with a double mutant male in a test cross (BbVv×bbvvBbVv \times bbvvBbVv×bbvv). The arrangement of the genes on the homologous chromosomes of the F1 F_1\,F1​ female is shown in the diagram below.

Chromosomes

Given that the distance between the two gene loci is 12 cM12\text{ cM}12 cM (centimorgans), what is the expected percentage of the test cross offspring that will display a grey body and vestigial wings?

6%6\%6%

12%12\%12%

44%44\%44%

25%25\%25%

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