Concept:Traits are inherited from both parents because the offspring receives genetic material from each.
Explanation:Each parent contributes one set of chromosomes to the child.
A child receives
50% of its DNA from the mother and
50% from the father.
This combined genetic material influences physical and behavioral traits.
The inheritance of traits follows Mendelian genetics, where alleles from both parents interact.
Dominant and recessive alleles together decide the characteristic expressed in the offspring.
Therefore, neither only paternal DNA nor only maternal DNA is responsible for traits.
Answer:The correct option is: by both paternal DNA and maternal DNA.