Title: Heredity - Wikipedia
Headings: Heredity
Heredity
Contents
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
External links

Content: For the 2018 horror film, see Hereditary (film). Not to be confused with Heritability, a statistic estimating the degree of genetic variation. Passing of traits to offspring from the species's parents or ancestor
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Heredity
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Introduction
History
Evolution ( molecular)
Population genetics
Mendelian inheritance
Quantitative genetics
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Genomics ( template)
Medical genetics
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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 . Contents
1 Overview
2 Relation to theory of evolution
3 History
3.1 Gregor Mendel: father of genetics
3.2 Modern development of genetics and heredity
3.3 Common genetic disorders
4 Types
4.1 Dominant and recessive alleles
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Overview
Heredity of phenotypic traits: Father and son with prominent ears and crowns. DNA structure.