Question

Why do offspring produced sexually look similar to their
parents but not identical?

Answer 1

Combination of the parents genetics

Step-by-step explanation:

Every human being has 23 chromosome pairs (not regarding the chromosome pair for the gender). This mean that a human being has 23 chromosomes from their father and 23 chromosomes from their mother and by having those chromosomes in pairs the individual can have both the genetics of the parents and therefore have a mixture of both!

Answer 2

In the process of sexual reproduction, haploid gametes produced by the meiotic division fuses to form a diploid zygote. A child inherits half of the genetic material from each parent. So, it may be they look alike but they are not identical to their parents.

Step-by-step explanation:

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