How does a child inherit genes from his or her mother and father? Next, you will use model Punnett square to review how meiosis and fertilization result in inheritance of genes from two parents who are both heterozygous, The Inheritance of Genes from Mother and Father

Father and Mother inherit the gene inheritance

The unique genetic combination that each child inherits from his or her father makes them unique. They are essential building blocks of human life and are passed from parent to son. When a mother and father conceive a child, the father’s sperm cell and the mother’s egg cell join together to form the new baby. Every sperm and egg cell has 23 chromosomes. This gives the baby 23 pairs of genes (Brennan 2018). Here is where genes come in to play. Each parent passes down their own set of genes that are combined with the genes of the other parent to create the baby’s full set of genetic characteristics. Genetics a child inherits from his or her parents will determine physical features, hair color and risk of certain diseases. While both parents contribute to a child’s genetic makeup, it is the mother who passes along the majority of the genetic information. Only the mother can pass down the mitochondria (small structures vital for energy production in a cell) (Galkina and al., 2016, Galkina). The mother provides the vast majority of their genetic information. Cont…..