Question

Butterflies can produce hundreds of offspring per cross. In a certain variety of butterflies, a maternally-imprintable gene is responsible for wing phenotype. Two possible alleles for this gene are w for normal wings and wc for crinkled wings. Which of the following pieces of information would be helpful in predicting the wing phenotype of a male offspring from a cross?
a. look at the father's phenotype
b. know the mother's genotype
c. look at the mother's phenotype
d. know the father's genotype

Answer 1

Answer: d. know the father's genotype

Explanation: Butterflies can produce hundreds of offspring per cross. In a certain variety of butterflies, a maternally-imprintable gene is responsible for wing phenotype.