Use the following information to answer the question. In a Drosophila experiment a homozygous wild-type female was crossed with a yellow-bodied male. All of the resulting F1 flies were phenotypically wild type. Crossing the F1 flies resulted in F2 flies having the characteristics shown in the figure. Which of the following statements best describes the location of the yellow body locus?
A) It is on an autosome.
B) It is X-linked.
C) It is inherited by X inactivation.
D) It is Y-linked.

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Use the following information to answer the question.  In a Drosophila experiment a homozygous wild-type female was crossed with a yellow-bodied male. All of the resulting F1 flies were phenotypically wild type. Crossing the F1 flies resulted in F2 flies having the characteristics shown in the figure. Which of the following statements best describes the location of the yellow body locus?
A) It is on an autosome. 
B) It is X-linked. 
C) It is inherited by X inactivation. 
D) It is Y-linked.

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The Answer of Use the following information to answer the question.  In a Drosophila experiment a homozygous wild-type female was crossed with a yellow-bodied male. All of the resulting F1 flies were phenotypically wild type. Crossing the F1 flies resulted in F2 flies having the characteristics shown in the figure. Which of the following statements best describes the location of the yellow body locus?
A) It is on an autosome. 
B) It is X-linked. 
C) It is inherited by X inactivation. 
D) It is Y-linked.

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