SOLUTION: Suppose both parents have the brown/blue pair of eye color genes, and each parent contributes one gene to the child. Suppose the brown eye color gene is dominant so that if the chi

Question 1089735: Suppose both parents have the brown/blue pair of eye color genes, and each parent contributes one gene to the child. Suppose the brown eye color gene is dominant so that if the child has at least one brown gene, the color will dominate and the eyes will be brown.
a. Choose the possible outcomes (sample space). Assume each outcome is equally likely.

b. What is the probability that the child will have the blue/blue pair of genes?

c. What is the probability that the child will have brown eyes?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a)Let br be brown and bl be blue. Then, the possible outcomes, with both parents having both brown and blue genes is:
br/br=brown
br/bl=brown
bl/br=brown
bl/bl=blue
b) bl/bl, or blue eyes, is only 1 of 4 possible outcomes
c) brown eyes are the result of 3 out of the 4 possible outcomes.
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