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Key Stage 2
Meaning
Inheritance is the features we get from our parents.
About Inheritance
- Living creatures inherit the features of their parents.
- When there are two parents the offspring will inherit some features of both parents.
Examples
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| If both parents have blue eyes the their children will all inherit blue eyes. | A spotted dog inherited those spots form its parents. | The shape of bird's beak is inherited form its parents. | Two parents with a "widow's peak" will have children with a "widow's peak". |
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Meaning
Heredity is the genetic traits of an offspring passed down from its parents by DNA.
About Heredity
- The genome of an individual is inherited from its parents.
- In sexual reproduction half of the genome of an organism is inherited form each parent.
- Phenotypical traits of an organism will be the result of the [genotype]] containing pairs of recessive alleles or one or more dominant alleles.
- Some diseases are inherited from parents. These are known as inherited disorders.
References
AQA
- Heredity, page 236, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA
- Inheritance, pages 188-91, 217-18, GCSE Biology, Hodder, AQA
- Inheritance, pages 208-215, 234-236, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Inheritance; of acquired characteristics, pages 215-16, GCSE Biology, Hodder, AQA