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Transmission of characters from one generation to the next or from parents to off springs is called

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heredity
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variation
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recombination
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mutation
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Solution

The correct option is A heredity
Heredity, the sum of all biological process by which particular characteristics are transmitted from parents to their offspring. the set of genes that an offspring inherits from both parents, a combination of the genetic material of each, is called the organism's genotype.
So, the correct option is 'Heredity'.

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