Bala inherited a diabetes gene and an obesity gene from her father, each gene near one end of the same chromosome (chromosome 7). Her mother’s chromosome 7 had healthy alleles. If Bala produced an egg cell, which alleles would it carry?

A. Any of (a), (b) or (c) is possible.

B. Both her mother’s alleles.

C. Both her father’s alleles.

D. Both her mother’s alleles OR both her father’s alleles.

E. One each of an allele from her mother and an allele from her father.