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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 half his genes from each parent.
• He inherited more of his genes from his father than his mother.
He inherited all of his genes from his mother.
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He inherited half his genes from each parent.
Explanation: Humans inherit one set of chromosomes from the mother and one set from the father, so genetically the contribution is ~50/50. Appearance can be biased by dominant alleles, polygenic traits, or mitochondrial DNA (maternal only), but that doesn't change the overall equal nuclear gene contribution.
Explanation: Humans inherit one set of chromosomes from the mother and one set from the father, so genetically the contribution is ~50/50. Appearance can be biased by dominant alleles, polygenic traits, or mitochondrial DNA (maternal only), but that doesn't change the overall equal nuclear gene contribution.
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