Question

How do the characteristics of mother and father get transmitted in a human embryo is answer

Answer 1

The characteristics of the mother and father get transmitted into the embryo because both X and Y chromosomes carry genes.

The Y chromosomes from the mother have about 50 genes, and the X chromosomes from the father have 850 genes.

These genes contain traits of the mother and father and combine in the embryo.

Answer 2

The human embryo is formed by the combination of sperm and ovum. These are haploid cells which contain genes having characters of mother and father. The characters which dominant are seen in human embryo.

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