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Also known as inheritance

Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents. Through heredity, variations between individuals can accumulate and cause species to evolve by natural selection. The study of heredity in biology is genetics.

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Heredity is the process by which parents pass genetic traits to their offspring through reproduction, giving the children their biological characteristics. It matters because variations in these inherited traits can accumulate over time and drive the evolution of species through natural selection.

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HEREDITY AND THE ETIOLOGY OF NEOPLASMS.ReviewThe Journal of the Egyptian Medical Association · 1963HADLEY HG
HEREDITY AND EUGENICS.ReviewThe American journal of psychiatry · 1964KALLMANN FJ, GOLDFARB CDOI: 10.1176/ajp.120.7.625
Epigenetic control of heredity.Progress in molecular biology and translational science · 2023Kachhawaha AS, Mishra S, Tiwari AKDOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2023.03.006
NONCHROMOSOMAL HEREDITY.ReviewThe New England journal of medicine · 1964SAGER RDOI: 10.1056/NEJM196408132710706
Perceptions of epigenetics.Nature · 2007Bird ADOI: 10.1038/nature05913
Mendel's laws of heredity on his 200th birthday: What have we learned by considering exceptions?Heredity · 2022Wolf JB, Ferguson-Smith AC, Lorenz ADOI: 10.1038/s41437-022-00552-y
[THE HEREDITY OF EPILEPSY].ReviewPsychiatria, neurologia, neurochirurgia · 1963KOCH G
Heredity.The Medico-legal journal · 1950PLATT R

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Overview
Relation to theory of evolution
History
Gregor Mendel: father of genetics
Modern development of genetics and heredity
Common genetic disorders
Types
Dominant and recessive alleles
See also
References
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Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents. Through heredity, variations between individuals can accumulate and cause species to evolve by natural selection. The study of heredity in biology is genetics.

==Overview== thumb|right|150px|Heredity of phenotypic traits: a father and son with prominent ears and crowns thumb|500px|DNA structure. Bases are in the centre, surrounded by phosphate–sugar chains in a [[double helix.]]

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