20 pts. why do children look like a combination of their parents? a) inherited traits are mostly passed to children through the genes of their mother. b) inherited traits are mostly passed to children through the genes of their father. c) inherited traits are equally passed to children through the genes of their parents. d) inherited traits are passed to children through the genes of their grandfathers only.

the father in the first generation probably had the recessive colorblind trait in his x chromosome. if he and his wife both had the colorblind trait, even if she had 1 recessive and 1 dominant, then that trait would be passed on to their kids.

(since you didn't attach the family tree this is just an assumption)

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not necessarily. higher fitness requires the organism to be reproductive successful. for example, an organism at age 10 with 15 offspring is much more fit than an organism at age 15 with only 5 offspring.