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Heredity and Evolution

Heredity

Heredity is the passing of characters or traits from its parent or ancestors to their offspring. The study of heredity in biology is called genetics. It explains that organisms resemble each other because they arise from common ancestor. The offspring of cats are cats, fish are fish and humans are humans only. Trait – A …

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Heredity and Evolution / Mapping our Genes – Variation

  [pullquote-right]“The act or process of changing (in genetics) in the characters or traits in an individual from the group to which it belongs or deviation in characters of the offspring from those of its parents is called variation.”[/pullquote-right]       Heredity and Evolution – Summary     During reproduction, the organism uses its …

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Heredity and Evolution / Mapping Our Genes -Summary

Summary – Passing down of characters / traits from parents to children is called heredity. Children of same parents differ because they possess different combinations of parental genes. These difference are termed variations. We are all human beings but can be distinguished easily from each other due to variation. Heredity and variation are due to …

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