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In a group of guinea pigs, some individuals have brown eyes and others have red eyes. Inthis group, the gene for the eye color-trait has two alleles. The allele for brown eyes (E) isdominant over the allele for red eyes (e).Nougat, a guinea pig from this group, has brown eyes.Based on Nougat's phenotype for the eye color trait, which of the following could be Nougat'sgenotype for the eye color gene? Select all that apply.EEEeeeSubmit

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Because the individual has the dominant trait E (brown eyes), its possible genotypes are combinations of alleles with this allele. Therefore, the correct answer is:

EE

Ee

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