Fruit Flies Characteristics

“Who made what?” After learning the different variations of genetic traits passed down to the offspring, my team and I were influenced to conduct research regarding the genetic variations of fruit flies. “Which mode of inheritance do the yellow body and curly wing trait follow?” After coordinating research, it is evident that: Because only 2 yellow bodies can only reproduce other yellow bodies, Curly wings can have either Curly or Wild-wing off spring, and the characteristics of dominant and recessive genes, the yellow body genetic trait is a sex-linked recessive trait---while the Curly Wing genetic trait is a Dominant allele trait. In genetics, recessive and dominant genes are key factors in determining the phenotypes and genotypes in the offspring. Dominant genes are the expressed trait shown in the offspring, meaning if two alleles of a pair differ, the dominant gene is the gene that determines the phenotype and genotype. The recessive gene is the masked trait, meaning if two alleles of a pair differ, the recessive gene is the trait that …show more content…
The second generation offspring consist of: 12 wild and 40 curly males, with 6 wild and 37 curly females. Crossing the Curly Winged and Wild winged fly, produced both curly and wild offspring, but only in the second generation did wild winged flies show. The Curly winged fly can produce both Curly Winged offspring when both parents are homozygous curly; it can also produce wild winged offspring when both parents are heterozygous. A Dominant parent can have both recessive offspring, (if and only if both parents are heterozygous or if one parent is heterozygous and the other is recessive) and dominant offspring. Therefore, the Curly winged gene is a dominant trait, because it can produce curly and wild winged