Baby Blue Eyes,

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Baby Blue Eyes,

• and what she has to do with mice

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BBrown allele bblue allele (Brown allele is
dominant, blue allele is recessive)
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Baby Jessica
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Great Little Demonstration

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Class Code EKWJntxEvu Mouse
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Guess What?
Eye color is a complicated Polygenic system
controlled by at least three genes.
The bey2 gene on chromosome 15 has Brown and blue
alleles
The gey gene on chromosome 19 has Green and blue
alleles There may be a third gene not fully
understood.
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simulation
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In Conclusion.

• What color eyes do you have?
• What color eyes do your parents have?
• Can a Punnett square explain your eye color?
• How can two black mice have a white baby mouse?
• How can two brown eyed parents have a blue eyed
  or green eyed baby?
• Dont forget to check out the eye color
  simulation!

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