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'Hereditary characteristics' means:

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characters that are not expressed

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characters that are passed from one generation to the other

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characters that are not carried by genes

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Solution

The correct option is B
characters that are passed from one generation to the other

Hereditary characteristics are those characters that are passed from one generation to the other.

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