Children Often Have Many of the Phenotypes of Their Parents

question 26

Multiple Choice

Children often have many of the phenotypes of their parents because _____.

• A) they have the exact same genotypes as their parents
• B) they inherit half of their genetic material from each parent
• C) they carry the same combinations of alleles that their parents have
• D) they inherit mutations that make their bodies appear identical to one or both parents
• E) the cells of embryos divide by meiosis,a process that yields genetic duplicates

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