heredity
Sign in to saveHeredity, 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. Through heredity, variations between individuals can accumulate and cause species to evolve by natural selection. The study of heredity in biology is genetics.
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Heredity is the process by which parents pass genetic traits to their offspring through reproduction, giving the children their biological characteristics. It matters because variations in these inherited traits can accumulate over time and drive the evolution of species through natural selection.
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11 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Relation to theory of evolution
- History
- Gregor Mendel: father of genetics
- Modern development of genetics and heredity
- Common genetic disorders
- Types
- Dominant and recessive alleles
- See also
- References
- External links
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. Through heredity, variations between individuals can accumulate and cause species to evolve by natural selection. The study of heredity in biology is genetics.
==Overview== thumb|right|150px|Heredity of phenotypic traits: a father and son with prominent ears and crowns thumb|500px|DNA structure. Bases are in the centre, surrounded by phosphate–sugar chains in a [[double helix.]]