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Punnett Square Eye Color Calculator

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Punnett Square Eye Color Calculator

Punnett Square Eye Color Calculator

This Punnett Square calculator predicts potential eye color combinations based on parental genetic information. Using basic genetic principles, it demonstrates possible allele combinations that determine eye color in offspring. While actual eye color inheritance is polygenic (involving multiple genes), this simplified model uses the primary brown/blue eye color genes to illustrate basic genetic probability. Useful for biology students and curious parents-to-be, it provides visual understanding of dominant and recessive gene interactions.

Eye Color Calculator

Parent 1 Alleles: Parent 2 Alleles:

Punnett Square Formula

The Punnett Square formula involves splitting parental genotypes into individual alleles and combining them in all possible combinations:
Parent 1 Alleles (e.g., Bb) → B + b
Parent 2 Alleles (e.g., Bb) → B + b
Possible combinations: BB, Bb, Bb, bb