based on this information, is ebony body color or yellow-brown body color the dominant allele? explain.
To determine whether ebony body color or yellow-brown body color is the dominant allele, we can analyze the outcomes of test crosses. In this case, the alleles for yellow-brown body color and ebony body color are represented by the letters E and e, respectively.
When an individual with homozygous alleles for yellow-brown body color (EE) is crossed with an individual with homozygous alleles for ebony body color (ee), all of the resulting offspring will have yellow-brown body color. This indicates that the yellow-brown body color allele is dominant over the ebony body color allele.
Additionally, when an individual with heterozygous alleles for yellow-brown body color (Ee) is crossed with an individual with homozygous alleles for ebony body color (ee), approximately half of the offspring will have yellow-brown body color and the other half will have ebony body color. This further supports the conclusion that the allele for yellow-brown body color is dominant.
Based on this information, we can confidently say that the allele for yellow-brown body color (E) is the dominant allele, while the allele for ebony body color (e) is the recessive allele.