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Mo4-L5a: What is Genetic Inheritance?
An acquired trait is a trait that an organism acquires
or develops during its lifetime.
Sexual reproduction produces offspring that are
similar—but not identical—to the parent or parents.
Key Concept
What is Genetic Inheritance?
What is Inheritance?
A gene is a section of DNA that has genetic
information for one trait.
Chromosome
Inheritance and DNA
Asexual reproduction produces offspring that are
identical to the original organism.
Prokaryotic
1 Plasma Chromosome
Cell wall
2 Duplication of
Chromosome
3 Continued growth DNA
of the cell
4
Division into Gene
two cells
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