Question

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Differentiate between acquired and inherited traits by giving one example of each.
11) Though the traits are acquired will not be inherited why ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Inherited trait is the transmission of particular characteristics from parents to their off springs, generation to generation. Such traits are genetically determined characteristic that distinguishes a person. Example: Colour of skin. The acquired traits cannot change the DNA of the germ cells.

Explanation:

Acquired characters do not produce change in the genes of germ cells, so they cannot be inherited. ... This is because cutting of mice tails does not change the genes of their reproductive cells.