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View submission: How do genes get passed down?
Also genes come in packages. If two genes come from the same chromosome (single strand of DNA) they cannot be inherited separately. They are linked. People generally have 46 sorted into 23 pairs. Of each pair, you inherit one from each parent.
Comment by Gonjigz at 27/11/2024 at 01:08 UTC
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Just FYI, this isn’t actually true due to recombination. If two genes are extremely close together on the same chromosome then yes it is unlikely they will be inherited separately, but just being present on the same chromosome or even the same limb is not sufficient to make them always inherit together.