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Heredity traits are transmitted from generation to generation by means of?
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∙ 9y ago
ANSWER: It is an attribute of phenotype not a genotype.
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∙ 12y ago(1) Specific sequences of bases in DNA in reproductive cell
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∙ 9y agoTraits are transmitted from generation to generation by means of DNA. The information is coded to DNA and is passed on.
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∙ 12y agoSpecific sequences of bases in DNA in reproductive cells
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∙ 13y agoinheritance
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What does heredity mean and give some examples?
heredity means a set of traits passed down from the parents cell. Like when the sex cells and the sperm cells go together, they divide up the cells and the DNA and gives it to you. Traits= a characteristic from the parents cell.
What does herdity mean?
it is basically the transmission of genetic characters or traits from parents to offspring.
How is genetics related to heredity?
Reproduction is the process of making new individuals of a species. In the case of humans, it is sex followed by fertilization, pregnancy, and finally birth. When the man's sperm meets the woman's egg they join together to form the baby. The sperm and the egg each carry half of the genetic material used to make the new baby, and this genetic material is inherited from the parents. So basically when a baby is born it has half of its genetic material inherited from its mother and half from its father.
What is meant by the phrase DNA is hereditary material?
DNA is your genetic material.
What is Mendels law of independent assortment?
when two or more characteristics are inherited, individual hereditary factors assort independently during gamete production, giving different traits an equal opportunity of occurring together.
What is the Suffix for the word heredity?
-logy, which comes from the Greek, logos, which means knowledge. Genea- is the prefix, meaning generation.
What heredity means?
The transmission from one generation to the next of genetic factors that determine individual characteristics:
What is heredity?
Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.
What does heredity mean and give some examples?
heredity means a set of traits passed down from the parents cell. Like when the sex cells and the sperm cells go together, they divide up the cells and the DNA and gives it to you. Traits= a characteristic from the parents cell.
What do you mean by heredity characteristics?
It means characteristics that are passed down from an older generation to the younger generation. Example of them are detached/attached earlobe, colour of eyes, dimples etc.
How heredity related to genetics?
Heredity is passing the traits to offspring, means the character of parents will be passed to the children, and so on.And genetics, the gene character, they are the carriers who carry the characters of parents to the offspring.
What does herdity mean?
it is basically the transmission of genetic characters or traits from parents to offspring.
What do gametes contain that help with heredity?
DNA of the parents! Heredity means it is passed on through the biological family.
What is a heritable trait?
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'
How is genetics related to heredity?
Reproduction is the process of making new individuals of a species. In the case of humans, it is sex followed by fertilization, pregnancy, and finally birth. When the man's sperm meets the woman's egg they join together to form the baby. The sperm and the egg each carry half of the genetic material used to make the new baby, and this genetic material is inherited from the parents. So basically when a baby is born it has half of its genetic material inherited from its mother and half from its father.
What term means to study heredity?
William Bateson
What is an easily transmitted disease?
Anything transmitted by airborne means, such as the cold and influenza is easily transmitted.
