To study sex linkages in Drosophila, Morgan mated white eyed males with wild type red eyed females. What will be the phenotye of offspring?

Explanation

In Drosophila melanogaster, the gene for eye color is located on the X chromosome, and the white-eyed trait is a recessive mutation. The wild type, or normal, eye color in Drosophila is red, which is the dominant trait. When white-eyed males (homozygous for the recessive trait) are mated with wild type red-eyed females (homozygous for the dominant trait), the offspring will inherit one X chromosome from each parent. Since the white-eyed trait is recessive, the presence of a dominant red-eyed allele on the other chromosome will result in the offspring having red eyes. Therefore, all the offspring, both males and females, will have red eyes.