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Please be sure to answer each part of the question below
The allele for brown eyes is dominant and represented by the letter E. 1. How would the recessive allele be represented? 2. Please look at the image provided of the mother and father then look at the image of their child. Is this outcome possible? If so, can you explain how it could occur? In two to five sentences use lesson vocabulary and content to explain your answer. 3. Make sure you include the parent's and child's genotypes in your answer.
You may use the following word bank: parent, offspring, allele, genotype, recessive, dominant, heterozygous, homozygous, and phenotype.
Mom has brown eyes
Dad has brown eyes
Child has blue eyes
1. The recessive allele for brown eyes would be represented by the lowercase letter e.
2. No, this outcome is not possible. If both parents have brown eyes and brown eye color is dominant, then the child would inherit at least one dominant allele from either parent. Therefore, there is no possibility for the child to have blue eyes. Based on this information, it can be concluded that the image does not accurately depict the outcome of the eye color inheritance.
3. Mom's genotype would be EE, meaning she is homozygous dominant for brown eyes. Dad's genotype would also be EE, indicating that he is also homozygous dominant for brown eyes. The child's genotype would then be Ee, indicating that they are heterozygous for eye color. However, their phenotype does not match their genotype in this case, as the child's phenotype is blue eyes despite carrying a dominant allele for brown eyes.