Biology 24: FlyLab_Monohybrid Cross

Answer Sheet (Format)

Name: Elleeze Gwyneth Esthella D. Empiales

Parental Generation

F1 Generation

The total number of offsprings in the F1 for my first monohybrid cross is 1005 (I
somehow cannot change the number of offsprings to 10,000 despite going to “Help”).
It consists of 510 wild type female fruit flies with a proportion of 0.50 and 495 wild type
male fruit flies with a proportion of 0.49. Moreover, the results show that the sepia eye
color is recessive while the red eye color is dominant since it is a wild-type trait.
F2 Generation

Offspring of Cross #2

The F2 generation has a total offspring of 978 with 362 females and 385 males
exhibiting wild-type phenotypes and the other, 106 females and 125 males, displaying
a mutant-type phenotype. As one can observe, there are more offspring with a
wild-type phenotype than the latter. This is because the red eye color is more
dominant than the mutant-type trait, sepia eye color.
Answers to the lab activity Questions: (in bold)

1.) Based on what you know about the principles of Mendelian genetics, predict
the phenotypic ratio that you would expect to see for the F1 offspring of this
cross and describe the phenotype of each fly.
- The phenotypic ratio that you would expect to see for the F1 offspring is
1:0 where 1 represents the fruit fly with traits that are commonly found. In
the experiment, this particular trait is red eyes which is exhibited by the
female. On the other hand, the latter represents the mutated phenotype
which is the fruit fly with traits that are rarely found. In this case, the male
exhibits a sepia eye color.

2.) Are the phenotypes of the F1 offspring what you would have predicted for this
cross? Why or why not?
- Yes because the female fruit fly with a wild type genotype is naturally
dominant compared to the male fruit fly with a recessive mutated
genotype. Thus, when they mate, the phenotype of the female is
exhibited, not the male. This is why the F1 offspring has similar physical
features with its female parent.