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Define heredity.
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Solution
The transmission of characters from the parents to their offsprings is called heredity.
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(a) Rahul's Father |
(b) Rahul |
(c) Rahul's Mother |
(d) Rahul's sister Nisha |
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(e) |
(f) |
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| Types of ear lobes | |||
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(Gene for the Free ear lobe is represented by F and the gene for the attached ear lobe is represented by f for writing the genetic constitution).
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