Both Bonnie and Brendan spend a lot of time in the sun. Bonnie has freckles, but her brother, Brendan, does not. You can safely assume that:
A) Bonnie and Brendan have the same genotype, even though their phenotypes differ.
B) Bonnie and Brendan have inherited different alleles for the trait of freckles.
C) Bonnie and Brendan have the same phenotypes even though their genotypes differ.
D) Bonnie inherited two recessive "no freckle" alleles, and Brendan inherited one dominant allele of the freckle gene.

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Bonnie and Brendan have different phenotypes (freckles vs no freckles), which suggests that they have inherited different alleles for the trait of freckles. This means they could have different genotypes for that trait.

Both Bonnie and Brendan Spend a Lot of Time in the Sun