Shelly and jason are siblings, but shelly looks like their father while jason looks like their mother. which of the following statements best explains the difference in shelly's and jason's features? a. shelly inherited a greater number of chromosomes from their father than jason did. b. shelly inherited a smaller number of x chromosomes from their mother than jason did. c. shelly and jason had different mutations occur in the 46 chromosomes they inherited from their mother and father. d. shelly and jason inherited different combinations of 23 chromosomes from their mother and 23 chromosomes from their father. ( answer accurately because this question is on my mid-term)

D. Shelly and Jason inherited different combinations of 23 chromosomes from their mother and 23 chromosomes from their father.

Explanation:

All people receive exactly the same number of chromosomes from their father and hand. This is because, all people have the same number of chromosomes, which are divided in the formation of gametes. Leaving specifically, everyone has 46 chromosomes, during a crossing gametes are formed, the male gamete has 23 chromosomes, and the female gamete has 23 chromosomes.

In this way we can say that Shelly and Jason received the same number of chromosomes from their father's and their mother's. However, as Mendel discovered in his experiments, the father and mother alleles are inherited by the children completely independently, which means that Shelly and Jason inherited different combinations of 23 chromosomes from the mother and 23 chromosomes from the father.

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2. related to or possessing motion potential     -kinetic

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4. possible; ability to go into action or perform work kinetic     -potential

5. the study of energy and its transformations thermodynamics     -thermodynamics