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The allele for the 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 you answer. 3. Make sure you include the parents and child’s genotype in your answer.
You may use the following word bank: parent, offspring, allele, genotype, recessive, dominant, homozygous, and phenotype.
Mother has brown eyes. Father also gave brown eyes, and their child has blue eyes.
1. The recessive allele would be represented by the lowercase letter e.
2. Based on the given information, the outcome of the child having blue eyes is not possible. This is because the allele for brown eyes is dominant (E), and both the mother and father have brown eyes. Since the child has blue eyes, it indicates that the child inherited two recessive alleles for eye color (ee) from both parents, which is contradictory to the information given. Therefore, this outcome is not possible.
3. Based on the information given, the parents would both have the genotype EE for brown eyes, and the child would have the genotype ee for blue eyes. However, this genotype is not consistent with the information provided, which suggests that there might be a mistake or another factor influencing the child's eye color.