Blue eye colour is recessive to brown eye colour. A brown eyed man whose mother was blue eyed marries a blue-eyed women. The children will be:
Correct answer: A. Both blue eyed and brown eyed 1 : 1
- A. Both blue eyed and brown eyed 1 : 1
- B. All brown eyed
- C. All blue eyed
- D. Blue eyed and brown eyed 3 : 1
Explanation
The correct option is Both blue-eyed and brown-eyed, 1:1. In summary, the correct option is Both blue-eyed and brown-eyed, 1:1, because if the brown-eyed man whose mother was blue-eyed marries a blue-eyed woman, their children can inherit either a blue-eye allele from both parents (blue-eyed) or a blue-eye allele from one parent and a brown-eye allele from the other parent (brown-eyed). The expected ratio is 1:1 for blue-eyed and brown-eyed children.
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