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Why are a persons characteristics a mixture of the characteristics of there parents?
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∙ 12y ago
Because children inherit the genes from both parents. Each child has half of its genome from the mother and another half from the father. Thus, children have characteristics from both the parents.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoit is because of the genes they get from their parents
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∙ 15y agoas the children are formed by unification of the sex cells(gametes)of both the parents
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∙ 14y agoBabies carry the DNA of both carries in their cells and so they exhibit traits from both parents. Some traits are more dominant than others however.
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∙ 14y agochildren come from their parents .simple. the characteristics of the parents are stored in chromosomes in the nucleus of the sperm and egg cells which fuse together
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A mixture of parents and children unrelated by blood?
Blended family
Who suggested that a persons physical characteristics could predict whether they were criminal or not?
Cesare Lombroso dr
How can heredity be observed?
heredity is the process by which characteristics are transmitted from parents to the offspring.
What is phenotypic ratio?
It is the ratio of physical characteristics of parents and the potential offspring traits. It is the ratio of physical characteristics of parents and the potential offspring traits.
What are two visible characteristics that you inherit from your parents?
Two visible characteristics you inherit from your parents include your hair and eye color. These are directly determined by the genetic material passed down from each parent to the child.
Each component in a mixture maintains its own characteristics?
heterogeneous mixture
What are characteristics of a mixture?
stuff that is mixed
What are characteristics of mixture?
Substances together, but can be separated.
Characteristics of a mixture is It does not have a constant composition?
TRUE
Which is a characteristics of the ingredients of a mixture?
They are able to be separated.
When you describe a persons physical characteristics you are describing their?
phenotype
What is the interpretation of a persons characteristics from a study of their fingernails?
Onychomancy
The passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring?
The passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring is known as heredity. Some characteristics include hair or eye color, dimples and freckles.
Do components in mixtures maintain their own characteristics?
It is true that components in mixtures maintain their own characteristics. The two types of mixtures are homogeneous mixture and heterogeneous mixture.
Is a mixture a combination of two or more substances in which each substance retains its individual characteristics?
A mixture
When a substance is in an mixture what does each substance keep?
characteristics
Which of the following characteristics of a field mouse is most likely inherited from its parents?
The characteristics of a field mouse are definitely inherited from its parents. A young mouse will gain all of its characteristics from it's parents because they are a product of their parents.
