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In grasshopper, rosy body colour is caused by a recessive mutation. The wild-type body colour is green. If the gene for body colour is on the X chromosome, what kind of progeny would be obtained from a mating between a rosy female and a wild-type male?

A

All the daughters will be green and all the sons will be rosy.

B

50% daughters will be green and 50% sons will be rosy.

C

All offspring will be green irrespective of sex.

D

All offspring will be rosy irrespective of sex.

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