Genetics vs. Heredity

Geneticsnoun

The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.

Geneticsnoun

The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species.

Geneticsnoun

the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

Genetics

Genetics is a branch of biology concerned with the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Though heredity had been observed for millennia, Gregor Mendel, Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar working in the 19th century in Brno, was the first to study genetics scientifically. Mendel studied , patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring.

Hereditynoun

Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.

Hereditynoun

Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.

Hereditynoun

the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

Hereditynoun

the total of inherited attributes

Heredity

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.