In tracking the white gene in Drosophila that was discussed in class, a true-breedingwhite-eyed female...

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In tracking the white gene in Drosophila that was discussed in class, a true-breedingwhite-eyed female fly is crossed to a red-eyed male fly. If a single nondisjunction event of the sex-chromosomes occurs in meiosis I in this red-eyed male fly, what is the genotype and phenotype of an exceptional progeny (one with an abnormal number of sex-chromosomes) that could result from this nondisjunction event? (O = no sex chromosome)A) X^w/X^w/Y white-eyed femaleB) X^w/X^w+/Y red-eyed femaleC) X^w/O white-eyed femaleD) X^w+/O red-eyed maleE) X^w+/Y red-eyed male

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