- The student conducted an experiment crossing Drosophila F1 phenotypes to obtain F2 phenotypes.
- They counted 53 wild type flies and 19 sepia flies in the F2 generation.
- A chi-square test found the observed ratio of phenotypes (53:19) did not significantly deviate from the expected Mendelian ratio of 3:1, with a chi-square value of 0.074 and p-value above 0.05.
- Therefore, the results supported the hypothesis that the sepia mutation behaves as an autosomal recessive trait.