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📅 NSB 2019🎓 HS🔄 Round 11#️⃣ Q17🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

You cross a female, red-eyed, short-winged fly with a male, white-eyed, long-winged fly. Out of 100 offspring, 45 have red eyes and short wings, 45 have white eyes and long wings, and the remaining 10 offspring have a non-parental phenotype. Which of the following statements correctly describes the eye color and wing length loci?

W) Both loci are X-linked
X) The loci epistatically interact with one another
Y) Both loci are autosomal but are located on different chromosomes
Z) Both loci are autosomal and are located on the same chromosome
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