Question

Define heredity,. Explain the machanism of hereditary changes.

Answer 1

Heredity is the phenomenon of passing traits from parent to offspring. It is also called as mechanism of inheritance.

Inheritance involves the transfer of characters from one generation to another generation. Basic features of inheritance are elucidated.
*The traits could be hidden in many generations but can reappear in any generation unchanged.
*Traits which remain together may get separated in the next generation.
*One form of a particular character is exhibited frequently than the other form of the same character.