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Ivan is a newborn. Everyone says he looks more like his mother than his father. What is MOST likely true about Ivan?
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He inherited more of his genes from his mother than his father.
He inherited more of his genes from his mother than his father.
He inherited half his genes from each parent.
He inherited half his genes from each parent.
He inherited more of his genes from his father than his mother.
He inherited more of his genes from his father than his mother.
He inherited all of his genes from his mother.
He inherited all of his genes from his mother.
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He inherited half his genes from each parent.
Although Ivan may resemble his mother more, children receive roughly 50% of their nuclear DNA from each parent; resemblance can result from which alleles are dominant, chance, or expression differences (plus maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA, which is a very small part of the genome).
Although Ivan may resemble his mother more, children receive roughly 50% of their nuclear DNA from each parent; resemblance can result from which alleles are dominant, chance, or expression differences (plus maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA, which is a very small part of the genome).
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