The maternal effect Drosophila mutation bicoid (bcd -
) is recessive. A
female that is bcd
-
/bcd
+
is mated to a bcd
-
/bcd
- male. What is the outcome?
A) 50% of the eggs will hatch, and these will produce fertile adults
B) no eggs will hatch
C) all eggs hatch, but 50% of the resulting daughters produce eggs
that fail to hatch
D) it is impossible to get a bcd
-
/bcd
- male, so this mating can not
occur
E) 50% of eggs will hatch, but half the female offspring will be infertile