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The adage “like father like son” and some friend’s comment that you are a “clone” of one of your parents introduces us to the concept of genetics. Why do we have our father’s eyes or our mother’s nose? The answer lies in our chromosomes. Our 46 chromosomes are two sets of 23 chromosomes derived from each parent. One member of each 23 chromosomal pairs is inherited from the father and the other from the mother. Via this method the child has half the genetic material from each parent. The total of 46 chromosomes includes two that determine the sex of the child. An XX determines a female, and the XY pair denotes a male.
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Orellana, J., Friedman, A.H. (1993). Basics of Ocular Genetics. In: Clinico-Pathological Atlas of Congenital Fundus Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9320-7_3
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