Maddie receives the brown-eyed allele of the eye color gene from her mother but the blue-eyed allele of the eye color gene from her father. Maddie is ______ for the eye color gene.

Name: Maddie receives the brown-eyed allele of the eye color gene from her mother but the blue-eyed allele of the eye color gene from her father. Maddie is ______ for the eye color gene.
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Maddie has different alleles for the eye color gene, one dominant (brown-eyed) and one recessive (blue-eyed), so she is heterozygous.

Maddie Receives the Brown-Eyed Allele of the Eye Color Gene