The successful mating of a woman who is heterozygous for blue eyes with a man who is homozygous for brown eyes can produce a child with brown eyes.

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The woman carries one allele for blue eyes and one for brown eyes, while the man carries two alleles for brown eyes. Since brown eyes are dominant, their child can inherit a brown eye allele from either parent, resulting in brown eyes.

The Successful Mating of a Woman Who Is Heterozygous for Blue