You would like to know whether the progeny of a pair of mated fruit flies are distributed among the resulting four phenotypic classes in a 1:1:1:1 ratio. You perform a chi-square test and obtain a p value of 0.04. Assuming you have done the test correctly, select the best interpretation of this result. The p value allows you to make a decision regarding the likelihood of the observed values. You would like to know whether the progeny of a pair of mated fruit flies are distributed among the resulting four phenotypic classes in a 1:1:1:1 ratio. You perform a chi-b.) square test and obtain a p value of 0.04. Assuming you have done the test correctly, select the best interpretation of this result.
a) The differences between the observed and expected counts are too large to be attributed to chance.
b) The traits being studied are on separate chromosomes.
c) Approximately 4% of the offspring lie outside the range of values expected for a 1:1:1:1 ratio.
d) The phenotypic ratio is actually 9:3:3:1