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In Biology / Junior High School | 2025-04-04

In a certain breed of cats brown eyes (E) are domain over blue eyes(e) if a homozygous blue eyed cats is crossed with a heterozygous blue eyed cat what are the possible genotype and phenotypes of their kittens?

Asked by judyanncastada7965

Answer (1)

Answer:Genotypes:Ee (50% probability)ee (50% probability)Phenotypes:Brown eyes (50% probability)Blue eyes (50% probability)The Genotypes of Parents:A cat is considered homozygous if it possesses two identical alleles for the blue eye trait. Given that blue eyes (e) are recessive, its genotype must be ee.Heterozygous blue-eyed cat: This assertion contradicts the information presented. If brown eyes (E) predominate over blue eyes (e), then a heterozygous cat would have one dominant allele (E) and one recessive allele (e), resulting in brown eyes (Ee).Possible Phenotype:Ee: A kitten with the genotype Ee will have brown eyes because brown eyes (E) are dominant over blue eyes (e).ee: Due to the presence of two recessive alleles, a kitten with the genotype ee will exhibit the recessive trait. The eyes of this kitten will be blue. I highly suggest using Punnett Square for this problem.

Answered by KizooTheMod | 2025-04-05