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Characteristics passed down from parents to child. (eg. Blue eyes)
Rather than traits learned from their environment (eg. learning to cycle)
So definition= 'Heredity is the passing of traits from parents to offspring'
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 16y agoCaused by genes passed on from one generation to the next.
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∙ 7y agoYour heredity is all the body characteristics you inherit from your parents, whether it is your mothers black hair or your father's knobbly knees.
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∙ 15y agoA hereditary characteristic is a characteristic that you get from your parents.
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∙ 10y agowhat is the field that studies the means of improveing hereditary characteristics
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∙ 12y agoMeans capable of being inherited. If your mother or father has red hair, that is heritable- you too could have red hair.
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∙ 11y agoSomething that your parent/family does, which you also do without thinking. such as "always thinking you are right" - some families all do this.
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Natural selection can only act upon a certain trait if the trait is?
heritable
What the importance of family trait?
family trait will help you to know about what is the health status of family.it helps you to know about the heritable trait in the family.
What is a permanent heritable change in an allele that produces a different variant of the same trait?
heritable change occurs in a line of descent
What do you call a change of the DNA in an organism that result in a new trait?
A heritable character or genetic character
Could the zygote ever obtain a heritable trait that it did not get from it's parents?
Yes, because a trait can be hidden for one generation and return in the next. For example, if a girl had red hair, but neither of her parents had red hair, she could have inherited from her grandparents. Therefore, it can be inherited from someone other than your parents.
Natural selection can only act upon a certain trait if the trait is?
heritable
What the importance of family trait?
family trait will help you to know about what is the health status of family.it helps you to know about the heritable trait in the family.
Differences in heritable trait arise trough?
crossing over during meosis and or due to mutation.
What is a permanent heritable change in an allele that produces a different variant of the same trait?
heritable change occurs in a line of descent
What is a heritable trait becoming common in a population?
If the mutation causes a characteristic that is carried as a dominate trait, then it can spread through a population. Also, if the characteristic that is brought about by the mutation is beneficial, the organism will be better suited to its environment than others. If the organism passes this trait to its offspring, then it is understood that they should survive in a greater ratio than those without the trait and the trait becomes common.
What do you call a change of the DNA in an organism that result in a new trait?
A heritable character or genetic character
How does natural selection favor an organism's heritable trait?
Natural selection favors a trait by increasing its frequency in a population. Natural selection is differential reproductive success. If one variant of a trait enables an organism to have and raise more offspring successfully than other variants in a particualr environment, then it will become more common in the population.
Can cetain behavers be pass down through genes to children?
Certain behavioral traits can. For instance, one can inherit a trait such as risk aversion which may not be expressed in the immediate environment as a behavior, or this trait may be consciously modified into less risky behavior. Still, the trait has been show to be heritable and the evidence supports genetic transmission.
What is heritable variation?
Heritable variation is the variation in characteristics caused by genetic factors.
Could the zygote ever obtain a heritable trait that it did not get from it's parents?
Yes, because a trait can be hidden for one generation and return in the next. For example, if a girl had red hair, but neither of her parents had red hair, she could have inherited from her grandparents. Therefore, it can be inherited from someone other than your parents.
What traits of cattle are the most heritable?
Quality traits, such as fat marbling and milk production are usually the most heritable. In general quality traits are more heritable than growth traits (such as weight), which are more heritable than reproductive traits (such as conception rate).
Do all mutations result in heritable changes?
yes, only heritable changes in the DNA come under the perview of mutation.
