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A man with brown eyes has the genetic makeup Bb, while his wife has the genotype bb. When Bb is crossed with bb, the offspring genotypes are Bb and bb in a 1:1 ratio.

  1. True
  2. False
  3. Indeterminate
  4. Not applicable

Correct answer: True

Solution

The statement is true because a heterozygous brown-eyed man (Bb) crossed with a homozygous recessive woman (bb) will produce offspring in a 1:1 ratio of Bb (brown-eyed) and bb (blue-eyed).

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