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Explain how two two parents with brown skin could have a child with dark brown skin and anotherchild with light brown skin

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one of the parents (or both of them) could be a carrier for the allele of light brown skin if the brown skin is the dominant gene. so if both of the parents are carriers of the gene for the light brown skin, then theres a small chance that their child could have light brown skin

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