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Why are two children born to the same parents (not identical twins) unlikely to have the same genetic makeup?


A) Crossing-over recombines portions of sister chromatids.
B) Fertilization provides a new pairing of chromosomes.
C) Each sperm or egg has a random assortment of chromosomes, half from each pair.
D) Chromosomes align themselves independently during meiosis I.
E) All of the answer choices lead to genetic differences among siblings.

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