Two gene copies are identical by descent if
A)two individuals have the same parents.
B)one allele mutates to a second allele.
C)selfing occurs.
D)they are both inherited from the same gene copy in a recent common ancestor.
E)balancing selection maintains two or more alleles.

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Two gene copies are identical by descent if they are both inherited from the same gene copy in a recent common ancestor. This means that the gene has been passed down through multiple generations without any mutations or recombination events that would have created different versions (alleles) of the gene.

Two Gene Copies Are Identical by Descent If