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What is the relationship between parent and offspring genetic information?

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Answer: The offspring contain one one set of chromosome from the mother and one from the father.

Explanation: During sexual reproduction, when the egg and sperm meet, the sperm contains 23 chromosomes and the egg also contains 23 chromosomes. Together the chromosomes combine, accounting for the genetic information in the offspring.

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