AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Genetics is the scientific study of genes and heredity-of how certain qualities or traits are passed from parents to offspring as a result of changes in DNA sequence.

Detailed explanation-2: -Genomics is a more recent term that describes the study of all of a person’s genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person’s environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Heritability is a measure of how well differences in people’s genes account for differences in their traits. Traits can include characteristics such as height, eye color, and intelligence, as well as disorders like schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder.

Detailed explanation-4: -In medicine, describes the passing of genetic information from parent to child through the genes in sperm and egg cells. Also called inherited.