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Which of the following statements about heredity and variation are true?

Option: 1

Heredity is the process of transmission of traits from offspring to parents.


Option: 2

 Heritable characters are not transmissible.


Option: 3

 Genetics deals with the inheritance and variation of characters.

 


Option: 4

 Variations can only be heritable.


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A) This statement is incorrect. Heredity is the process of transmission of traits from parents to their offspring, not the other way around.

B) This statement is incorrect. Heritable characters are transmissible from parents to offspring.

C) This statement is correct. Genetics is the branch of biology that deals with the inheritance and variation of characteristics.

D) This statement is incorrect. Variations can be heritable or non-heritable.

Option 3 is the correct answer.

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