The Nurse Is Preparing Information for a Group of Parents

The nurse is preparing information for a group of parents as part of genetic counseling. What basic principles of inheritance should the nurse include in this presentation?

A) All genes are paired.
B) Only one gene is passed on to offspring.
C) The mother's genes are transmitted to offspring.
D) The father's genes are used to fill in genetic deficits in offspring.
E) One copy of a gene comes from the mother and the other copy from the father.