Question

The transmission of characters from the parents to their offspring is called as

• A. Heredity
• B. Speciation
• C. Natural selection
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A Heredity

Heredity is the passing of phenotypic traits from parents to their offspring, either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. This is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parent cell or organism.

Speciation is the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise. The biologist Orator F. Cook was the first to coin the term 'speciation' .

Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction (i.e., fitness) of individuals that differ in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution.