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Why does a child look like both of its parent but not identical?
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∙ 16y ago
Because your child does not only have your DNA they have the DNA of both the father and the mother. In that case, they may pick up features of either, or other features from grandparents, etc, that is there in a parents DNA. Firstly, that is not always the case. In the case of myself, I am blonde and blue eyed and require glasses whilst my parents are both black-haired with green eyed with no such requirement. Secondly, there are two parents and genes are taken from each of them forming several pairs of chromosomes. Within each pair one gene from each section will be dominant out of the two. Since there is a one in several billion chance of every decision forming a clone of one parent, the offspring look different
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∙ 12y agoIt cant look identical because both parents give genetic information. Chromosomes come in pairs. A child is giving one chromosone from his/her father and one chromosone from his/her father. Later in life, that child will give one of its chromosomes to his/her child. So will the mother of that child. So unless there is only one parent,(which cant happen to humans unless your a clone) the child is going to look a little bit different than the parents.
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∙ 11y agowhen babies are unborn and its cells are dividing, some of the cells divide from the sperm (male) and some from the egg (female) this makes you a mix between your mum and dad. females lack the Y chromosome
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Why are you not geneticly identicel to your parents?
Because you get chromosomes from both parents, therefore you look like both parents, but have only certain traits from either parent. That is why you are not identical to either parent.
Why arent child re identical to either one of their parents?
Children share the traits of each parent. Each parent provides 26 chromosomes to the baby and DNA for the developing fetus. There are dominant and recessive genes that determine things like eye and hair color, so when a baby is born they have a combination of both parents DNA.
How is a cylinder like a rectangular prism?
they both have 2 identical bases
What does a cell look like after undergoing mitosis?
Mitosis cells are identical (but smaller) daughter cells made by replicating and dividing the original chromosomes, in effect making a cellular xerox.
What is it called when one parent produces offspring that is an exact copy of the parent?
it is called chlorobiastic which means the offspring looks exactly like its parent.
Why can a child look like both parents but not identical to either parent?
because they get the males cells and females s the get some personality of both
Why are you not geneticly identicel to your parents?
Because you get chromosomes from both parents, therefore you look like both parents, but have only certain traits from either parent. That is why you are not identical to either parent.
Why arent children identical to either of their parents?
Because they're a mixture of those parents; some from Mom, some from Dad. Occasionally, a child looks very much like one parent, but this is just appearance; exactly half of you came from each parent.
When is the offspring in asexual reproduction not identical to the parent?
The offspring of a asexual organism will always be identical to the parent cell because it is never gaining new information like it would if it were sexual.
Why arent child re identical to either one of their parents?
Children share the traits of each parent. Each parent provides 26 chromosomes to the baby and DNA for the developing fetus. There are dominant and recessive genes that determine things like eye and hair color, so when a baby is born they have a combination of both parents DNA.
Are daughter cells identical to the parent cells?
exactly like parent....in mitosis different in meiosis due to crossing over in interphase I
Can both parents with blood group o have a child with blood group A?
No. A parent who is O can only have a child who is also O. If two parents who are O have a child, the child will also be O. But if one parent is O and the other is A, then they can have a child who is A, or a child who is O. The genes would look like this: Blood type O: OO Blood type A: AO The parent who is A can give either an A gene or an O gene. But the parent who is O can only give an O gene. Their children would look like this: A, A, O, O. If both parents are O, their children would look like this: O, O, O, O. So, once again, your answer is no. Hope this helped!
What will a parent of a child in your class say about you?
it depends on who the child is and if you have hurt that child teased that child and things like that
How are daughter cell like the parent cell?
In mitosis, daughter cells are exactly like the parent cell (identical copies). In meiosis, daughter cells are different but similar in the fact that the chromosomes have undergone crossing over, giving genetic variability. Thus producing a "recombined" daughter cell and essentially not identical to the parent cell.
What is the result when a cell undergoes mitosis?
A mitotic division results in the formation of two daughter cells that are identical to the parent cell. The parent cell divides into the two daughter cells. The newly formed cells have diploid number of chromosomes (just like the parent cell)
Why your offsprings dont look exactly like you?
A child gets half of its DNA from each parent. This is why you can see characteristics of both parents in a child. --truckbroker-- More importantly, some traits are recessive in the parent. Or dominant in a dominant recessive trait. In which they may skip generations.
How does mitosis ensure that a new cell is just like a parent cell?
It makes sure that the cell is identical to its parents
