Showing posts with label Genetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genetics. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Genetics

The term Genetics is derived from the Greek word gen which means to become or to grow into.It is the science of inheritance which tries to explain how charactors are transmitted through generations.

Genetics is the scientific study of the laws of inheritance.By inheritance is meant the transmission of biological characteristics from one generation to another generation.Inheritance has two main components.
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