If humans had only one gene for eye color with two alleles (B and b) and it was expressed as complete dominance, how many different colors of eye would be possible from the choices below?

2 phenotypes: Brown eyes and Blue eyes

3 phenotypes: Dark brown eyes, medium brown eyes and light brown eyes

3 phenotypes: Dark brown eyes, eyes with brown and blue areas and blue eyes

There would be a large range of phenotypes: shades of brown, hazel greens and blue

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Cynthia Schultz

Biology

19 June, 12:33

If humans had only one gene for eye color with two alleles (B and b) and it was expressed as complete dominance, how many different colors of eye would be possible from the choices below?

2 phenotypes: Brown eyes and Blue eyes

3 phenotypes: Dark brown eyes, medium brown eyes and light brown eyes

3 phenotypes: Dark brown eyes, eyes with brown and blue areas and blue eyes

There would be a large range of phenotypes: shades of brown, hazel greens and blue

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Leanna Dennis · Answer 1

large range of phenotypes

Explanation:

shades of brown, hazel greens and blue - they are all part it could be multi-coloured. One of the eyes could have hazel and the other could have shades of brown