Question

What do we really inherit from our parents?

Answer 1

Genetic materials or genes:

1. Genes are the structural and functional units of heredity/inheritance as possess DNA.
2. Chromosomes are made of DNA containing many genes.
3. The human cell consists of 23 pairs of chromosomes.
4. Each parent possesses two copies of their genes and then further passes one copy of genes to their progeny.
5. Genes vary in size due to the code or the protein they produce.
6. All cells inside the human body contain the same DNA.