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Suppose you have a person with almond eyes have a baby with a person with almond eyes, what is the probability of having a child with round eyes? almond eyes?

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Answer: Assuming that the two persons carry h0m0zygous alleles, the probability of them having a child with round eyes is 0%, while the probabilty of them having a child with almond eyes is 100%

Your textbook/teacher will probably be looking for the above answer, but just incase, here's some more detail:

Let's say almond eyes are dominant (we'll symbolize them as "A") while round eyes are recessive (we'll symbolize those as "a")

AA and AA parents:

0% chance of round eyes

100% chance of almond eyes

Aa and AA parents:

0% chance of round eyes

100% chance of almond eyes

Aa and Aa parents:

25% chance of round eyes

75% chance of almond eyes

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