NEET BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The term that describes the characteristics that are inherited and passed from generation to generation.
A
Trait
B
Variation
C
Evolution
D
Pedigree
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Heredity is a process in which organisms acquire characteristics from their parents. These characteristics are called traits.

Detailed explanation-3: -Inherited, as related to genetics, refers to a trait or variants encoded in DNA and passed from parent to offspring during reproduction. Inheritance is determined by the rules of Mendelian genetics.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct option is A heredity. Passing of characters from parent to offspring is called heredity. This passing of characters from one generation to another occurs during reproduction. Gene is the basic structural and functional unit of heredity which determines different traits of an organism.

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