11. Two fruit flies have different parents. One fruit fly has orange eyes while the other has red eyes. Why do the fruit flies have different eye colors?

A.
Each fruit fly has a different eye color because offspring from different parents will have
different eye colors.

B.
Each fruit fly has a different eye color because they have different versions of the gene for
eye color that connect together to make different eye colors.

C.
The fruit flies have different versions of the gene for eye color, which instruct for different
proteins that connect in different ways to make different eye colors.

D.
The fruit flies have different versions of the gene for eye color, and the genes are different
colors in each fruit fly's eyes.