Question

Imagine that you are a doctor in a maternity ward. During your last shift, 20 babies were born. 10 had blue eyes, and 10 had brown eyes. Remember genotypes are the two alleles given for each trait, written with a letter. For this activity B =brown eyes b= blue eyes. Phenotypes are the physical appearance of the trait.

What percentage of babies have Brown and Blue eyes (to find percent divide the total number of blue-eyed babies by the total number of babies born. You should get a decimal number. Just use the first two numbers as the percent.

Answer 1

In this scenario, 50% of the babies born had blue eyes, and 50% had brown eyes. This can be calculated by dividing the total number of blue-eyed babies (10) by the total number of babies born (20), which gives us a decimal result of 0.50. When expressed as a percentage, this becomes 50%.

It's important to note that the genotypes of the babies (their inherited genetic makeup) may be different, even if their phenotypes (physical traits) are the same. For example, some of the blue-eyed babies may have the genotype BB, while others may have the genotype Bb. Similarly, some of the brown-eyed babies may have the genotype bb, while others may have the genotype Bb. The genotypes will determine the genetic potential of the babies, while the phenotypes will reflect the actual physical expression of those traits.

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