GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
GENETIC BASIS OF INHERITANCE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
Which of the following statements about passing traits from parents to offspring through sexual reproduction is true?
|
|
Different offspring of the same parents can have different characteristics.
|
|
|
All offspring of the same species will be identical to each other.
|
|
|
Traits are genetically determined after an organism is born.
|
|
|
Only one parent contributes traits to its offspring.
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring is called heredity, and the characteristics that are inherited can be predicted.
Detailed explanation-2: -heredity, the sum of all biological processes by which particular characteristics are transmitted from parents to their offspring.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
There is 1 question to complete.