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Mitochondrial DNA is used to follow maternal inheritance and sequences on the Y chromosome is used to follow paternal inheritance. Why is it not practical to analyze paternal inheritance in this class?

a. Because only men have a Y chromosome, the women in the class wouldn't be able to participate.b. None of these are valid reasonsc. It's not impractical because Y chromosome sequences are present in both men and women.d. Because only men have a Y chromosome, the men in the class wouldn't be able to participate.e. Because only men have a Y chromosome, the women in the class would contribute excess data.

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i would assume the answer to your question is A. “Because only men have the Y chromosome, so the women i. the class wouldn’t be able to participate.”
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