how are the characteristics of parents transmitted to progeny ?explain with example
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Explanation:
The characteristics or traits of parents are transmitted to their progeny (offsprings) through genes present on their chromosomes during the process of sexual reproduction. ... Thus, the male and female gamete carries one gene for each characteristic from the gene pairs of parents.
The process by which the characteristics are transmitted from parents to their offspring is called Heredity.
The set of genes that an offspring inherits from both parents which is the combination of the genetic material of each is called the organism's genotype.
In humans, there are 22 chromosomes pairs (autosomes) + a pair of sex chromosomes.
In males, the sex chromosome is XY and in females, it is XX.
These X and Y chromosomes and other chromosomes carry genes.
These genes contain traits or characters of the mother and father.
When a sperm fuses the ova to form the zygote or future embryo these genes from both mother and father combine together which determine the characteristics in the baby.
Eg- colour of hair, colour of eye, height etc.
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