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What Are Heterozygosity and Homozygosity?

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The gene for blue eyes(b) is recessive to gene for brown eyes(B). The following figure is given:
what is the % of individuals with brown eyes and blue eyes respactively?

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Solution

From the given image is the genotype of the offsprigs are-
Bb, Bb, bb, bb.
As Brown eye is the dominant gene the percentage of an individual with blue eye and the brown eye is
50:50

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