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Having blue eyes when your parents do not can be attributed to a recessive gene. Both parents may carry the gene for blue eyes but have dominant traits that sho
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A child has blue eyes both parents have brown eyes the child is heterozygotes for plus size goth eye color?

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If both parents have brown eyes, they must be homozygous for brown eye color (genotype: BB). The child, being heterozygous, must have one allele for blue eyes (
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If both parents have brown eyes will there child get brown eyes to?

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Not necessarily. Eye color is inherited through a combination of genes from both parents. While having two brown-eyed parents increases the likelihood of the ch
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How long does it take a fingernail to grow from base to tip?

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our fingernails grow about 0.8 inches per 1 week and 2.0 centemeters per year Really I doubt it? Because they grow 3mm per month! (according to this encyclopedi
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What effect does heredity have on fingerprint characteristics?

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Heredity plays a significant role in determining the general pattern and number of ridges on a fingerprint. While there is a genetic predisposition for fingerpr
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Can a child have blue eyes if neither parents or family have?

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Yes, it is possible for a child to have blue eyes even if neither parent or family member has blue eyes. This can occur if both parents carry a recessive gene f
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What are Antony Van Leeuwenhoek's parent's names?

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Antony van Leeuwenhoek's parents were Margriete Jansdr van den Berch and Philips Thooniszoon, both of whom were from a beer-brewing family in Delft, Netherlands
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Ifa woman and man both have brown eyes but their first child has blue eyes what are the chances that their second child will have blue eyes?

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If both parents have brown eyes, it means they both carry the dominant brown eye color gene. However, if their first child has blue eyes, it indicates that both
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Can a child have blue eyes if both parents have brown eyes?

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Yes, it is possible for a child to have blue eyes if both parents carry the recessive gene for blue eyes. Blue eyes are a recessive trait, so both parents must
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If Tall is dominant over short a homozygous dominant man marries a homozygous recessive woman what of their children are expected to be short?

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All of their children are expected to be heterozygous for the trait (Tt), which means they would be tall (dominant phenotype). The recessive trait for being sho
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How many children were injured by fireworks in 2005 in the UK?

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In 2005, 182 children under the age of 16 were injured by fireworks in the UK.