Heredity

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Heredity is the tendency of an organism to possess the characteristics of its parent(s) [1]. Heritable characteristics are passed on in genes. The study of Heredity is called Genetics.

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  1. ^  Garrett, R.H. & C.M. Grisham, 1998. Biochemistry, 2nd ed. Saunders College Publishing, Orlando FL. Ch 29.

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