An individual who is heterozygous for eye color would have
A) two alleles for brown eyes.
B) one allele for brown eyes and one for blue eyes.
C) two alleles for blue eyes.
D) blue eyes.

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Heterozygous means having two different alleles for the same gene. In the case of eye color, brown eyes are dominant over blue eyes. Therefore, an individual who is heterozygous would have one allele for brown eyes (from one parent) and one allele for blue eyes (from the other parent).

An Individual Who Is Heterozygous for Eye Color Would Have