GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
INHERITANCE AND VARIATION
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Question
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recessive
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dominant
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organism
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genes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Parents pass on traits or characteristics, such as eye colour and blood type, to their children through their genes. Some health conditions and diseases can be passed on genetically too. Sometimes, one characteristic has many different forms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Our genes carry information that gets passed from one generation to the next. For example, genes are why one child has blonde hair like their mother, while their sibling has brown hair like their father. Genes also determine why some illnesses run in families and whether babies will be male or female.
Detailed explanation-3: -A person’s appearance–height, hair color, skin color, and eye color–is determined by genes. Other characteristics affected by heredity are: Likelihood of getting certain diseases.