Home
Class 11
BIOLOGY
The normal body colour of a grasshopper...

The normal body colour of a grasshopper is green . The gene for this character is present on X chromosome. Due to recessive mutation in this gene , grasshoppers with pink body colour are produced . A male grasshopper with green body colour mates with a female grasshopper with pink body colour . Which of these statements is true ?

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.

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Promotional Banner

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

For a green coloured body :–

Which one of the following animals can change its body colour?

The colour of the body in earthworm is brown due to presence of

The colour of the body in earthworm is brown due to the presence of

When a body is heated, the colour which corresponds to highest temperature is

In rice, green colour of leaf can be develop either in the presence of recessive allele p or another gene I. The latter gene is

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?