A Study Found that Children with Light-coloured Eyes Are Likely to Have Parents with Light-coloured Eyes. on this Basis, Can We Say Anything About Whether the Light Eye Colour Trait is Dominant Or Recessive? Why Or Why Not? - Science

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A study found that children with light-coloured eyes are likely to have parents with light-coloured eyes. On this basis, can we say anything about whether the light eye colour trait is dominant or recessive? Why or why not?

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This information is not sufficient. For considering a trait as dominant or recessive, we need data of at least three generations. This data is about only two generations.

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Chapter 9: Heredity and Evolution - Exercises [Page 159]

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NCERT Class 10 Science
Chapter 9 Heredity and Evolution
Exercises | Q 4 | Page 159

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