A couple both with blue eyes have a kid with brown eyes. In this case, the eye color is determined by the amount of melanin produced. Brown eyes have more melanin while blue eyes have much less. Which of the following is the mostly likely explanation for this phenomenon?   A. Incomplete dominance   B. Allelic series   C. Complementation   D. All of the above

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  1. A couple both with blue eyes have a kid with brown eyes. In this case, the eye color is determined by the amount of melanin produced. Brown eyes have more melanin while blue eyes have much less. Which of the following is the mostly likely explanation for this phenomenon?

      A.

    Incomplete dominance

      B.

    Allelic series

      C.

    Complementation

      D.

    All of the above

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