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The dominant characteristic is the one most likely to appear in the offspring. In human beings, brown is the dominant color for eyes. The children who inherit at least on dominant gene will have either brown, green, or hazel eyes. Only childten who inherit two recessive genes will have pure blue eyes. If there are eight children in the family, what color eyes will most of them have?


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The only way to answer this question with any certainty is to know what genes the parents carry. Otherwise, you have no idea.

Richard E. Barrans Jr., Ph.D.


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