Offspring: Annotated Traits From Either Parent

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Offspring can inherit traits from either parent. We all know that offspring tend to look like one or both of their parents. Although some offspring may look a lot more like one parent than the other, they all still have traits from both of their parents. I know traits is true because Me, my mom, and my older sister all have green eyes but, my dad and my younger sister have brown eyes. This proves that offspring can take after either parent because my sister and I take after my mom but my other sister takes after my dad. This also helps to support our principal “Both plants and people inherit traits from their ‘parents’.” because me and both of my sisters had traits either of my parents have.
Another way I know offspring can take after either

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