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How many chromosomes does a child inherit from his or her parents?
23 from the mother and 23 from the father
46 from the mother
46 from the father
46 from the mother and 46 from the father

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
23 from the mother and 23 from the father.

Each parent contributes one haploid set of 23 chromosomes (egg = 23, sperm = 23), giving the child a diploid total of 46.