In an Amazonia beetle, purple color is caused by an X-linked allele; the other a

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In an Amazonia beetle, purple color is caused by an X-linked allele; the other allele at this locus causes green color. The female heterozygote has green and purple spots due to X-inactivation. What kinds of offspring would you expect form the cross of a spotted female and a green male spotted or green females; purple or green males spotted or purple females; spotted or purple males spotted or purple females; purple or green males only green females; only purple males purple or green females; purple or green males

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The correct answer is : a.spotted or green females; purple or green males.

Reason: In X -linked alleles,mothers pass their X genes to sons ,so males can be either purple or green and daughters gets one X from mother and other from father ,so they can be spotted or green.

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