Anthropology: 1) If two parents are each carrying one copy of the allele for yellow eyes (Y)...

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Anthropology:

1) If two parents are each carrying one copy of the allele foryellow eyes (Y) and for blue eyes (y), what are ALL the possiblephenotypes of their children? (Assume that eye color is a simple,mendelian trait).

a) Yellow Only

b) Green Only

c) yellow and blue only

d) Yy

e) YY, Yy, yy

I picked yellow only but I guess I got that wrong

2) If a child is heterozygous for a particular trait, and themother of that child is homozygous dominant for that trait, thenthe father would be… (There may be more than one correct answer -please select ALL possible answers).

Hint: it may be helpful to draw out some punnett squares.

A) Homozygous dominant

B) Homozygous recessive

C) Heterozygous

this one I picked A and B but that was wrong as well I thoughtthe father would be A and B

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The answer to the first question is option C which    See Answer
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