offspringinheritance
Offspring inheritance refers to the process by which genetic material is passed from parents to their offspring. This transmission of traits is fundamental to heredity and the continuation of life. In sexual reproduction, offspring inherit half of their genetic material from their mother and half from their father. This genetic material is organized into chromosomes, which contain DNA. DNA is the molecule that carries the instructions for building and operating an organism.
During conception, a sperm cell from the father and an egg cell from the mother fuse, combining
The specific traits that an offspring inherits depend on the alleles present in the parental genes. Alleles