Biology

Delilah Fields

6 December, 22:55

In a group of fruit flies, some individuals have a gray body and others have a black body. In

this group, the gene for the body color trait has two alleles. The allele B is for a gray body,

and the allele b is for a black body.

A certain fruit fly from this group has a gray body. This fly has two alleles for a gray body.

Based on this information, what is this fruit fly's genotype for the body color gene?

(A) a black body

(B) a gray body

(C) BB

(D) bb