Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 210
210. 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
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(a) both blue eyed and brown eyed $1: 1$
(b) all brown eyed
(c) all blue eyed
(d) blue eyed and brown eyed $3: 1$
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Answer : a
Hints & Solution
(a) The brown eyed man will have the genotype $Bb$ and his wife $bb$. Hence $Bb \times bb=$ $Bb: bb$. Hence ratio is $1: 1$.
