The structures that help in transferring characteristics from parents to offspring are ______________ ( genes / vacuole ).

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Solution

There are certain characteristics that are transferred from parents to offspring or from one generation to another.
This information is coded in the genetic material or genes.
Genes are the unit which transfer the characteristics from the parents to the offspring.
Final answer: The structures that help in transferring characteristics from parents to offspring are genes.

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