Question

In humans, brown eyes are dominant to

blue eyes. What is the probability
that two heterozygous brown-eyed
parents will have a child with blue
eyes?
J. 25%
K. 50%
L. 75%
M. 100%

Answer 1

j

Step-by-step explanation:

since brown eyes are more dominant than blue eyes chances of it is 3/4

Answer 2

The answer is J. 25%.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this problem, we know brown eyes are dominant to blue eyes. We can let the dominant allele for brown eyes be represented by "B" and the recessive allele for blue eyes be represented by "b". Since it is given that both parents are heterozygous, we know that they must have the genotype Bb.

When two Bb individuals are crossed, the offspring will be 1 BB : 2 Bb : 1 bb, or 3 brown : 1 blue ratio. Therefore, 1/4 of the offspring will have blue eyes, which represents 25%. Thus, the correct answer is choice J, 25%.

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