Processes that determine heredity and contribute to genetic variation meiosis guarantees that in a sexual life cycle, offspring will inherit one complete set of chromosomes (and their associated genes and traits) from each parent. the transmission of traits from parents to offspring is called heredity.

Acceleration is a direct result of a.) balanced forces b.) unbalanced forces c.) gravity d.) velocity hurry!

What molecule contains an organisms genetic material, passed down from parents to their offspring

Cladistics is a way of classifying organisms by examining the characteristics of their ancestors and descendants and depicting the relationships in a cladogram. which of the following best describes a challenge in classifying organisms this way? a. there are millions of species on earth, and a cladogram is not a practical means for classifying all of them. b. it is impossible to tell which organisms are most closely related to each other using a cladogram. c. cladograms are detail-oriented and do not provide a useful understanding of evolutionary relationships. d. there is a limited number of ways to organize the information, so most cladograms end up looking very similar.