Question

Four sisters begin attending your school. One has brown hair and brown eyes. Another has brown hair and blue eyes. The third also has blue eyes, but blond hair. The fourth has blond hair, too, but she has brown eyes. Explain how the principle of independent segregation accounts for these sisters having four different phenotypes for two traits.

Answer 1

Welcome to OpenStudy. Do you know about the alleles. Tell me what you know. Give this a look: http://biology.about.com/od/geneticsglossary/g/law_of_segregation.htm