The Father’s Role in Child Genetics: Predicting Illnesses and Traits

2024-03-24 11:15:07

Some child illnesses can be predicted.

Both parents are involved in the conception of the child, and both pass on their genes to the child. In most cases, babies are similar to both mom and dad in face and character traits, but in some cases, fathers play a larger role.

As scientists note, it is the father’s genes that determine what gender the child will be. This is due to the fact that a female egg has one set of chromosomes – X, and sperm carry two different sex chromosomes – X or Y. If the XX combination is formed during fertilization, a girl will be born, otherwise a boy will be born.

Fathers are also responsible for cardiovascular diseases, as well as stress resistance. And if dad suffers from coronary artery disease, then his child will most likely face this disease. Tall or short stature is also inherited from fathers. From them, children inherit in most cases the shape of the jaw and the size of the teeth. Men pass on eye color to their children. However, according to the researchers, genetics is hardly an exact science, and there are many exceptions to every rule.

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