Transmission of characters from one generation to the next or from parents to off springs is called
A
heredity
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B
variation
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C
recombination
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D
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.