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If B is the gene for brown eyes and b is the gene for blue eyes, which combination of genes in the zygote will produce children with blue eyes ?

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Bb

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bB

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BB

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bb

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Solution

The correct option is C bb
The dominant gene is represented by a capital letter and the corresponding recessive gene is represented by the corresponding small letter. Genotype is a pair of letters such as BB, Bb or bb. The genotype of brown eyes is BB or Bb whereas that of blue eyes is bb.

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