This Problem Deals with Eye Color, an Inherited Trait Find the Probability That These Parents Give Birth to a Purposes

Multiple Choice

This problem deals with eye color, an inherited trait. For purposes of this problem, assume that only two eyecolors are possible, brown and blue. We use b to represent a blue eye gene and B a brown eye gene. If any Bgenes are present, the person will have brown eyes. The table shows the four possibilities for the children oftwo Bb (brown-eyed) parents, where each parent has one of each eye color gene. $\begin{array}{cc|cc} &&\text { Second Parent } \\& & \mathrm{B} & \mathrm{b} \\\hline & \mathrm{B} & \mathrm{BB} & \mathrm{Bb} \\ \text { First Parent } \\& \mathrm{b} & \mathrm{Bb} & \mathrm{bb}\end{array}$

Find the probability that these parents give birth to a child who has blue eyes.

A) $\frac { 1 } { 4 }$
B) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
C) 1
D) 0