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Why is approximately 50% of any individuals DNA inherited from that individuals father?The options are:A. It was passed to the individual by a somatic cell from the father.B. It was passed to the individual by a gamete from the fatherC. Half the individuals nuclei descend from the nucleus of the fathers gamete.D. (The one I chose) half of the individuals cells descend from the father’s gamete.Did I chose correctly?

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Option D is incorrect because it is not that half the cells which descend from the father's gamete, but half of the DNA present in the nuclei of all the cells comes from the paternal gamete.

As it is a gamete and not a somatic cell, option A is also incorrect.

Then, the most accurate answer is B. It was passed to the individual by a gamete from the father

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