If two Drosophila strains with the same autosomal recessive mutant phenotype of short bristles are crossed together and all the progeny are wild type, indicate which of the two possibilities below is correct.

Question

If two  Drosophila  strains with the same autosomal recessive mutant phenotype of short bristles are crossed together and all the progeny are wild type, indicate which of the two possibilities below is correct.

Accepted Answer

The two mutations complement each other and are therefore in different genes.

Answer

The two mutations  complement each other and are therefore in alleles of the same gene.

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The two mutations do not complement each other and are therefore in alleles of the same gene.

Answer

The two mutations do not complement each other and are therefore in different genes.

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