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Which statements describe how traits are inherited? Check all that apply.

An offspring always receives different alleles from each parent.
An offspring always receives the same alleles from each parent.
An offspring can receive different alleles or the same alleles from each parent.
Traits are inherited when proteins are passed from parents to offspring.
Traits are inherited when genes are passed from parents to offspring.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Correct answers:
- An offspring can receive different alleles or the same alleles from each parent.
- Traits are inherited when genes are passed from parents to offspring.

Brief explanation: offspring inherit one allele for each gene from each parent, so the two alleles can be the same (homozygous) or different (heterozygous). Traits are inherited via genes (DNA), not by directly passing parental proteins.