Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134168296
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 2MC
Imagine you are looking at a DNA profile that shows an STR pattern of a mother's DNA and her child's DNA. Will all of the bands of the child's DNA match those of the mother?
a. Yes, because the mother's DNA and her child's DNA are identical.
b. Yes, because the child developed from her mother's egg.
c. No, because half of the child's DNA is inherited from its father.
d. No, because the child's DNA is a random sampling of its mother's.
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Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
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