In diploid organisms, on average what percentage of alleles does a parent share with its offspring?
A) 0 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 75 percent
E) 100 percent

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In diploid organisms, each parent contributes one allele for each gene to their offspring. Therefore, on average, a parent shares 50% of their alleles with their offspring. This assumes that the parent is not homozygous for any particular gene, in which case they would contribute the same allele to all of their offspring.

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