Please Define the Following Key Terms

question 63

Short Answer

Please define the following key terms
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Definitions:

Hereditary Transmission

The process by which genetic information is passed from parents to their offspring, determining inherited traits.

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA that act as instructions to make molecules called proteins, influencing how organisms develop and function.

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), carrying genetic information.

Fertilisation

The fusion of gametes (egg and sperm) to initiate the development of a new individual organism.