Two puppies are born in the same litter. One has blue eyes and the other has brown eyes. Develop a hypothesis as to why the puppies have different eye color. Justify your hypothesis in two or more complete sentences in the essay box below.
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Hypothesis: Eye color in puppies is determined by genetic inheritance from their parents. The blue-eyed puppy likely inherited a recessive gene for blue eyes from both parents, while the brown-eyed puppy received a dominant gene for brown eyes from at least one parent.