Question

A mother and father both have brown eyes, but their child has blue eyes. Which statement most likely explains this

Answer 1

Blue eyes is a recessive trait

Step-by-step explanation:

Recessive traits show in 25% of the offspring, but they skip the first generation. This means that the 25% only shows up in the second generation unless two recessive traits are put together. A likely combination is that both of the parents had Bb, which you can put into a punnet square to visualize.

B b

B BB Bb

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