what is meant of heredity? answer in one sentence
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sum of all biological processes by which particular characteristics are transmitted from parents to their offspring
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The passing over of physical and behavioral characteristics over generations is called heredity.
- it is also called inheritance or biological inheritance.
- in simple terms, it is the passing on characteristics from parents to the offspring.
- there is always a set of genes that an offspring inherits from both father and mother.
- Hereditary traits are determined by genes, and a single gene can have several variants called alleles.
- the traits are always transferred by both mother and father.
- however, the most dominant traits show themselves in the offspring.
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