Two brown-eyed parents have produced three blue-eyed sons. what can be concluded about the parents? a) only the father carries an allele for blue eyes. b) only the mother carries a dominant allele for blue eyes. c) the allele for blue eyes is on the father's y chromosome. d) they both carry a recessive allele for blue eyes.

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Carina Ayers

21 March, 00:12

Two brown-eyed parents have produced three blue-eyed sons. what can be concluded about the parents? a) only the father carries an allele for blue eyes. b) only the mother carries a dominant allele for blue eyes. c) the allele for blue eyes is on the father's y chromosome. d) they both carry a recessive allele for blue eyes.

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Wesley Villegas · Answer 1

They both carry a recessive allele for blue eyes because answer A doesnt state anything about the allele dominance, answer B wouldnt be right because if blue eyes was dominant then the mother would have blue eyes as the dominant gene always shows, but she has brown