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How can a child have blue eyes if both parents have brown eyes?

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Both parents carry the recessive allele for blue eyes.

The child's blue eyes are an acquired, not inherited, trait.

Both parents carry the dominant allele for blue eyes.

The child inherited the trait from only one of the parents

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Both parents carry the recessive allele for blue eyes.

Explanation: Brown is dominant (B) and blue is recessive (b). If both parents are heterozygous (Bb), a Bb × Bb cross can produce a bb child (blue) with 25% probability.