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Wing-handed

wing-handed

(Science: zoology) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls.


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Genetics cross/punnett square question...?

Hi all, How would I do a cross of alleles on an autosomal chromosome (a wing type, body type, etc) with alleles on the sex chromosome (eye color) for a male and a female? Say the female parent has short wings with white eyes and the male parent has long wings ...

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by kelly2988
Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:34 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Genetics cross/punnett square question...?
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Forum: Genetics
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