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You inherit traits through your DNA, which comes from your mother and your father and all your ancestors. Depending on which genes you get in your individual DNA strands, you inherit different traits.

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Organisms inherit traits from a parent(s) through transmission of DNA.

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Genes, or more specifically DNA. Or in the case of a few viruses, RNA, but that's an exception, not the rule.

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What is purposely organisms with desired traits?

purposely mating organisms with desired traits


What can determine an organisms traits?

Genes are what determine an organisms physical traits.


Where do we get our traits from?

You can get your traits from older generations and you can also get your traits from non-living organisms, too.


What is the process which humans breed organisms for certain traits?

The process by which humans breed organisms to obtain certain traits is known as artificial selection.


Explain how the inheritance of traits is controlled in organisms Use the term genes and alleles in you explanation?

The most dominant traits are the ones that control organisms genes.

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What is the word for the process by which organisms acquire and pass on novel traits through generations?

Biological evolution


Process by which organisms acquire and pass on novel traits through generations?

evolution or natural selection


French naturalist who hypothesized that organisms acquire traits during their lifetime through use or disuse which can be passed on to their offspring?

lamarck


This is the process by which organisms acquire and pass on novel traits through generations?

This is the process of evolution. Organisms develop different traits based on adaptations they need to make for survival. Consider that giraffes developed long necks to reach food from high trees.


Who is the French naturalist who hypothesized that organisms acquire traits during their lifetime through use or disuse which can be passed on to their offspring?

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck


Five traits organisms have?

traits that all organisms have


What all living organisms acquire from their envionment?

All living organisms acquire nutrients


What is purposely organisms with desired traits?

purposely mating organisms with desired traits


What can determine an organisms traits?

Genes are what determine an organisms physical traits.


What traits did linnaeus consider when classificing organisms?

homologous traits


What are the traits of an organisms are controlled?

Traits are controlled by the genes of the parents.


Where do we get our traits from?

You can get your traits from older generations and you can also get your traits from non-living organisms, too.