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What is biological inheritance?


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Biological inheritance:

  1. The process which passes characters from the parent to the progeny or offspring is known as inheritance.
  2. Inheritance is the passing of genes from the parents to their offspring during reproduction.
  3. Thus, the offspring has some characters or traits similar to the mother or father.

Examples of inheritance:

  1. Eye color
  2. Hair color
  3. Skin color

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