The two types of information needed to predict the inheritance pattern of a trait are
A. the way mitosis distributes the alleles of a gene and whether those alleles are dominant or recessive.
B. the health of the mother and the father.
C. the way genes are distributed in meiosis and the way that they come together when sperm joins egg.
D. the age at which the trait appears and how it affects males or females.
Answer: C
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