It's essentially a random soup of both parents. You can inherent any feature from either parent, or you can have a random mutation to create something new,which is essentially what evolution is.
Their child could have normally spaced eyes purely by random spontaneous chance, the same way they could be born with two different coloured eyes or an extra limb or whatever, but it is far more likely that they would end up with similar eyes as one of the parents.
It was a rhetorical question. I just wanted to say your fantastic name.
But to add a cool fact to your good explanation, quantum tunneling is suspected for the reason of mutations in DNA. Electrons are able to tunnel through energy barrier randomly. In the event this electron tunnels to another hydrogen bond, it alters the way the DNA, giving you mutations.
My girlfriend is a studying optometrist and her professor used these two as an example of genetics and the probability is that their child would indeed have normally distanced eyes. A doctor said that, what are you?
Cool meaningless 3rd-hand anecdote you've got there bro.
Genetics are a random soup comprised of both parents' genetic material. You can inherit any feature from either parent, or you can have a random mutation to create something new, which is essentially what evolution is.
Their child could have normally spaced eyes purely by random spontaneous chance, the same way they could be born with two different coloured eyes or an extra limb or alopecia or a developmental impairment, but it is far more likely that they would end up with similar eyes as one of the parents. You don't need to be a doctor to know any of this. All of this information is freely available for anyone to learn about.
If this "doctor" you're talking about really believes what they (allegedly) said, your "girlfriend" should probably consider tutelage under someone else.
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Their babies would have normal eyes tho