When white-eyed and miniature-winged $Drosophila$ $melanogaster$ is crossed with its wild type,it produces which of the following percentages of recombinants (in $\%$)?

  • A
    $1.3$
  • B
    $37.2$
  • C
    $62.8$
  • D
    $98.7$

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