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A man and his wife are both heterozygous for brown eyes (B). They have six children all of whom have blue eyes. How can this happen?
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B = brown eyes allele b = blue eyes allele Mom and Dad are both heterozygous, so they're both Bb.
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The Draw button doesn't work! I wanted to draw you a Punnet square! Basically, Mom and Dad both have a little b allele to give. Mom's little b allele ends up with Dad's little b allele in the offspring - so the offspring is bb. Blue eyes. Not very likely six times in a row, but there's your explanation.
either chance, or they haven't finished having kids yet
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