Question

'Hereditary characteristics' means:

• A. characters that are not expressed
• B. characters that are passed from one generation to the other
• C. characters that are not carried by genes
• D. not sure

Answer 1

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. These are genetic information passed from one generation to another generation through DNA. For example, the colour of eyes, height of an individual, etc.