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    Heredity is the passing on of traits from parents to offspring from one generation to the next. Traits can be physical characteristics like hair color, eyesight, skin tone, or numbers of fingers and toes that are inherited from parents. A trait is a visible feature or characteristic that can either be inherited genetically from parents or acquired through life experiences and environmental interactions.

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    Heredity is the passing on of traits from parents to offspring from one generation to the next. Traits can be physical characteristics like hair color, eyesight, skin tone, or numbers of fingers and toes that are inherited from parents. A trait is a visible feature or characteristic that can either be inherited genetically from parents or acquired through life experiences and environmental interactions.

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    Heredity is the passing on of traits from parents to offspring from one generation to the next. Traits can be physical characteristics like hair color, eyesight, skin tone, or numbers of fingers and toes that are inherited from parents. A trait is a visible feature or characteristic that can either be inherited genetically from parents or acquired through life experiences and environmental interactions.

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    HEREDITY

    What is Heredity?

    • Heredity = the passing on of


    traits from one generation to
    the next.
    Inherited Characteristics

    You Parents

    hair color hair color


    eyesight eyesight
    brain capacity brain capacity
    ears ears
    skin tone skin tone
    fingers & toes fingers & toes
    What is a Trait?
    A trait is a feature or visible
    characteristic

    • a. Inherited traits. Trait received


    by offspring from parent.

    • b. Acquired traits  Behaviors or


    that are learned or acquired through
    interaction with environment and life
    experiences.
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