What is a potential outcome if one of your fathers gametes did not go through meiosis correctly and one of the chromosomes did not separate correctly?
A) You inherited a normal amount of genetic material from your mother but inherited an extra chromosome from your father. One of your pairs of chromosomes will not be homologous.
B) You inherited an abnormal amount of genetic material from both your mother and father. One of your pairs of chromosomes will not be homologous.
C) You inherited a normal amount of genetic material from your mother but inherited an extra chromosome from your father. Two of your pairs of chromosomes will not be homologous.
D) You inherited a normal amount of genetic material from both your mother and father resulting in the inheritance of a normal amount of genetic material.
E) You inherited multiple genetic abnormalities, due to the faulty chromosomes from you father, resulting in a significant number of health issues.

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If one of your fathers gametes did not go through meiosis correctly and one of the chromosomes did not separate correctly one of his sperm would carry an extra chromosome. If this sperm fertilized your mothers egg, you would have inherited an extra chromosome resulting in one of your pairs of chromosomes not being homologous.

What Is a Potential Outcome If One of Your Fathers