I mean if the chromosome in question relates to a particular phenotype that has a visible presentation such as a cleft chin you would be able to determine which parent you received that gene from simply by looking at their chins and your chin. The epigenetic’s question is one I can’t answer as well as there is still a ton of research going into epigenetics but I wouldn’t be surprised if a probability of which parent a chromosome came from could be estimated using it.
quantumwalrus t1_jctpb4v wrote
Reply to Is it possible to tell which parent a somatic chromosome came from without testing the parents? by WillMammoth
I mean if the chromosome in question relates to a particular phenotype that has a visible presentation such as a cleft chin you would be able to determine which parent you received that gene from simply by looking at their chins and your chin. The epigenetic’s question is one I can’t answer as well as there is still a ton of research going into epigenetics but I wouldn’t be surprised if a probability of which parent a chromosome came from could be estimated using it.