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3. Gwen has blue eyes. She got one allele from her blue-eyed mother and another allele from her brown-eyed father. What is Gwen's phenotype?

brown eyes
blue eyes
green eyes
blue and brown eyes

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Answer:

brown eyes

Step-by-step explanation:

The brown eye form of the eye color gene (or allele) is dominant, whereas the blue eye allele is recessive.

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Answer: Her phenotype is Option 2: Blue Eyes.

Dictionary Definition of Phenotype: The set of observable characteristics or traits of an organism.

Explanation: The genes that make her eyes blue came from dominant alleles.

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