Many different factors affect growth and development. For example, why does one child have blonde hair and blue eyes while another child has brown hair and green eyes?
A) Childhood illnesses
B) Genetic inheritance
C) Prenatal influences
D) Maternal nutrition
Ans: B
At conception, every human receives an equal number of chromosomes from each parent. Physical characteristics, such as height, bone size, and eye and hair color, are inherited from our family of origin.
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