Q. Blue eye colour in human is recessive to brown eye colour. The expected children of a marriage between blue-eyed woman and brown-eyed male who had a blue-eyed mother are likely to be :-

A
all blue-eyed
B
three-forth of them blue-eyed and one-forth of them brown-eyed
C
all brown-eyed
D
all blue-eyed or all brown-eyed
Solution:
  • 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.
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