GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
INHERITANCE AND VARIATION
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Question
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Which best explains why a child may look like his father, but is not able to play basketball as well as him?
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Physical characteristics are inherited, but the ability to shoot a basketball is not.
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The ability to shoot a basketball is inherited, but physical characteristics are not.
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The child chooses to look like his father, but he does not choose to play basketball.
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He hates playing basketball so he doesn’t care if his dad can play.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Which best explains why a child may look like his father, but is not able to play basketball as well as him? Physical characteristics are inherited, but the ability to shoot a basketball is not.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. For example, blood type can be A, B, AB or O.
Detailed explanation-3: -An inherited trait is a characteristic that is passed from parents to offspring. For example: *Eye color and hair color.
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