Question

the passing one of the genes from parents to their offspring​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents. ... The study of heredity in biology is genetics.

Answer 2

But when people talk about genes being passed on, they generally don't mean genes being passed on from cell to cell during cell division. Instead, they usually mean genes being passed on from parents to children. This is known as "heredity" or "inherited genes."