Question

36. (a) Distinguish between inherited and acquired traits giving one example of each.
Give reason why the traits acquired by an individual during the life are not inherited.
(b) How do Mendel's experiments show that inheritance of two traits in independent of
each other.​

Answer 1

Answer:

inherited traits are those which a parent can pass to its progeny and is acquired by birth. ex, parent having brown hair can have their progeny with brown hair.

on the other hand, acquired traits are acquired by parent lifetime experience and cannot be passed to its progeny. ex, mouse without tail whose tail is removed with surgery will even have his progeny with tails because there is no change in DNA.