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What are the phenotypes for YY, Yy, yy. Where Yellow (Y) hair is dominant to blue (y)?

What are the phenotypes for YY, Yy, yy. Where Yellow (Y) hair is dominant to blue-example-1
User Temuraru
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Well simply knowing that yellow hair colour is dominant to blue, Yellow Y hair allele will produce the functioning protein or pigment to product the yellow colour whereas the blue colour is only produced if both recessive alleles are present.

YY = yellow
Yy = Yellow
yy = blue
User Marcos Marin
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Phenotype indicates outward appearance. When an allele has a dominant trait, the phenotype will always exhibit that dominant trait, therefore:

YY = Yellow hair
Yy = Yellow hair
yy = Blue hair