Class 10, Science, Chapter-8, Lecture-1, Heredity (Notes)

GENETICS:

The branch of biology in which the ‘continuity of features between generations’ and the ‘occurrence of differences among the individuals’ is studied is termed as genetics.

HEREDITY:

The transmission of traits from parents to the offspring is termed as heredity.

VARIATION:

The occurrence of differences in characteristics among the individuals of the same species is termed as variation.