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GENETICS & HERIDITY

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Genetics is the investigation of the laws and procedures of inheritance. The study of genetics is concerned with the transfer of genes or traits from parents to offspring. Gregor Mendel found that these attributes are acquired through units called genes. Mendel further found that qualities were found two by two and half of the acquired characteristics originate from the dad and half from the mother. This going of characteristics from guardians to offspring is called heredity. Not all distinctions in animals are caused by hereditary qualities. Some are brought about by the nature, or conditions under which the creature is raised, like impact of environment.   Genotype: Genotype is the real hereditary code. It regulates physical and performance characteristics. Environmental conditions can not alter the genotype of an organism. Phenotype: Phenotype is the living being's physical or outward appearance. This is the piece of the genotype the living being communic...