Lesson: Chapter 20 — Heredity

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Heredity is best defined as:

A The study of variation among living things B The change in a gene that produces a new allele C The transmission of characteristics from parents to their offspring D The set of characteristics an individual receives from its parents

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The transmission of characteristics from parents to their offspring. Heredity is the process, considered as a whole.

Inheritance is what happens to one individual — a characteristic being received. Genetics is the branch of biology that studies both.

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