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In this question, you've asked me to describe the following, starting with a, the theory of genetic inheritance.
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This is the fundamental concept in talking about genetics, explaining how traits are passed down generation to generation.
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And it talks about how this is done in all living organisms, humans obviously included, but all living organisms.
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In part b, you ask for the origin of this work on this theory of genetic inheritance.
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The origin starts with gregor mendel's work on the theory of genetic inheritance.
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And this can be traced back to the mid -19th century.
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He worked mainly in the st.
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Thomas monastery, which is in the czech republic.
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And he studied how transmission of traits would flow one generation to the next.
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Part c asks for the key concepts of this theory.
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There are three key concepts.
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One is dominance versus recessiveness.
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Mendel proposed that each trait is determined by two factors known as genes...