A blue-eyed man is married to a blue-eyed woman and the woman gives birth to a brown-eyed child. What is the most likely explanation for this situation?

a. this situation can not occur

b. the father has a dominant brown-eyed allele

c. the mother has a dominant brown-eyed allele

d. the husband is not the father of the child

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Biology

Jovan Hudson

25 September, 16:40

A blue-eyed man is married to a blue-eyed woman and the woman gives birth to a brown-eyed child. What is the most likely explanation for this situation?

a. this situation can not occur

b. the father has a dominant brown-eyed allele

c. the mother has a dominant brown-eyed allele

d. the husband is not the father of the child

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Juliette Huffman · Answer 1

The correct answer is B. If a blue-eyed man is married to a blue-eyed woman and the woman gives birth to a brown-eyed child, the most likely explanation for this situation is that the father has a dominant brown-eyed allele.

Explanation:

With the color of the eyes, it is not always the dad's gene that determines whether he will have clear eyes or not, here comes the combination of both, but if Dad has certain traits, he is more likely to inherit it, like brown eyes, which are inherited more strongly than clear eyes.