Blue eye colour is recessive to brown eye colour. A brown eyed man whose mother was blue eyed marries a blue-eyed woman. The children will be
A
both blue eyed and brown eyed 1 : 1
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B
all brown eyed
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C
all blue eyed
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D
blue eyed and brown eyed 3:1.
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Solution
The correct option is A
both blue eyed and brown eyed 1 : 1
Blue eye colour is recessive to brown eye colour. A brown eyed man whose mother was blue eyed marries a blue eyed woman. The children shall be both blue eyed and brown eyed 1:1. The brown eyed man will have the genotype Bb and his wife bb. Hence Bb x bb = Bb: bb. Hence, the ratio is 1 : 1.