In human brown eyes are dominant over blue eyes.What are the possible genotype of the children who have heterozygous father for eye colour and mother with homozygous brown eyes.Show the genotype

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If the father is heterozygous he must be Bb (B: Brown and b: blue). Mother should be BB. The possible genotypes of children are:
Bb(Father) × BB (Mother)
↓
F1 BB (Brown) BB (Brown) Bb (Brown) Bb (Brown)

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In human brown eyes are dominant over blue eyes.What are the possible genotype of the children who have heterozygous father for eye colour and mother with homozygous brown eyes.Show the genotype

If the father is heterozygous he must be Bb (B: Brown and b: blue). Mother should be BB. The possible genotypes of children are: Bb(Father) × BB (Mother) ↓​ F1 BB (Brown) BB (Brown) Bb (Brown) Bb (Brown)

If the father is heterozygous he must be Bb (B: Brown and b: blue). Mother should be BB. The possible genotypes of children are:
Bb(Father) × BB (Mother)
↓
F1 BB (Brown) BB (Brown) Bb (Brown) Bb (Brown)