Title: What is Heredity and Genetics? - Biology for Kids | Mocomi
Headings: What is Heredity?
What is Heredity?
Definition of Heredity
What is DNA and Chromosomes?
Father of Genetics

Content: Your shyness could have come from your mother also being shy when she was of your age. If both of your parents have peanut allergies, then you will also have the trait of being allergic to eating peanuts. The passing on of mental and physical traits from one generation to another is defined as heredity. For example, parents with black hair will likely give birth to children with black hair, just as parents with long noses will have kids with long noses. What is DNA and Chromosomes? Humans have two complete sets of 23 chromosomes, which are microscopic, thread like parts in each cell, containing a protein and an acid called DNA. These carry the hereditary information from one generation to another in the form of genes. Genes is the smallest unit of heredity, which is passed from a parent to their child. The sperm cell however, has one set of chromosomes which combines with the egg cell from the mother, which also has one set of chromosome, and they form a zygote. The zygote develops into the child.