AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Heredity refers to the genetic heritage passed down by our biological parents. It’s why we look like them! More specifically, it is the transmission of traits from one generation to the next. These traits can be physical, such as eye colour, blood type or a disease, or behavioural.

Detailed explanation-2: -(heh-REH-dih-tayr-ee) In medicine, describes the passing of genetic information from parent to child through the genes in sperm and egg cells. Also called inherited.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your DNA contains a record of your ancestors, but you aren’t a carbon copy of any one of them. The particular mix of DNA you inherit is unique to you. You receive 50% of your DNA from each of your parents, who received 50% of theirs from each of their parents, and so on.

Detailed explanation-4: -Like chromosomes, genes also come in pairs. Each of your parents has two copies of each of their genes, and each parent passes along just one copy to make up the genes you have. Genes that are passed on to you determine many of your traits, such as your hair color and skin color.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.