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A series of crosses in a controlled environment in which all progeny were known to carry a dominant autosomal gene A that causes eye abnormality produced 600 normal flies and 1400 abnormal flies. What is the penetrance of this gene A in this particular experiment?

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The penetrance in abnormality of eye in flies is examined.The crosses in a controlled environment is determined.

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