Heredity is passing on characteristics in offspring!!!!!!Did you know that we carry traits from our parents? Though the egg and sperm each carry chromosomes. Each chromosomes holds DNA and a DNA is a gene, which is able to give you traits. The genes can be dominant (strong) or recessive (weak). All gene needs a pair, one from your mom and one for your dad.
This picture in the right shows the human chromosomes. All chromosomes has a partner, which holds a DNA and the DNA holds a gene, which gives you a trait. The traits you could get is black hair by one of your parents has a black hair. Most of your traits are from your parents because its their chromosomes thats giving us traits.
