Olive has very red eyes, while her husband Skye has very blue eyes. Interestingly, their son's eyes are best described as purple. The eye color of their child best exemplifies the concept of

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Incomplete dominance refers to a situation where neither allele is completely dominant over the other, resulting in a blending of traits. In this case, it appears that the red and blue alleles have blended to produce a new phenotype (purple) in their offspring's eyes. This is different from codominance, where both alleles are expressed equally in the phenotype, and polygenic inheritance, which involves the contribution of many genes to a single trait. There is no indication of mutation being involved in this scenario.

Olive Has Very Red Eyes, While Her Husband Skye Has