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Question
Write the advantages of heredity.
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Solution
The advantages of the science of heredity are as follows:
- Diagnosis of diseases.
- Treatment and prevention of heredity disorders.
- Production of hybrid varieties of animals and plants.
- Industrial processes in which microbes are used.
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