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NEET • Biology

Principles of Inheritance and Variations

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Genetics Core Terms

Genetics studies inheritance, heredity and variation of characters.

Recall Question

What is inheritance?

Reveal Answer

Transmission of characters from parents to progeny.

TermSource-backed recall

Genetics

Study of inheritance, heredity and variation of characters; or study of genes and chromosomes

Inheritance

Transmission of characters from parents to progeny

Variation

Difference between parents and offspring

Character

A heritable feature, such as eye colour

Trait

Variant of a character, such as brown eye or blue eye

Allele

Alternative form of a gene, such as T and t for height