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Expert answer:Berkeley BIO 1B – In humans, the gene for blue eye

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Solved by a verified expert:In humans, the gene for blue eyes is partially recessive to the gene for brown eyes. Assume Hardy weinburg proportions, and assume a simple model where only one gene locus is involved in eye pigment. In a population of 60 people, 11 people have blue eyes, 29 homozygous brown eyes, and 20 people are heterozygotes, how many blue alleles are there?

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