Question

What is the study of heredity called?

Answer 1

Hint: It is also called inheritance. Traits are passed from parents to their offspring either through asexual or sexual reproduction. The traits could be physical, behavioral etc. Genetic information is acquired. The genes are called the blueprint of life or unit of life and this entire thing comprises the study of genes.

Complete explanation:
The identification of genes is the study of genes at all levels, including the ways in which they are transmitted from parents to their offspring. It also shows how the genes or the DNA acts in a cell. The ways in which it affects the chemical reactions and metabolic pathways involved in the living processes within the cell also form a major part in the study of heredity. Trait and molecular inheritance mechanisms of genes are still primary principles of modern genetics. However, it also includes the function, behavior, structure and variation of genes related to their intracellular and extracellular environment. All of these including the study of heredity form a part of genetics.

So, the correct answer is genetics.

Note:
Genetics began from the work of Gregor Mendel in the mid-$$19$$th century. Mendel had hypothesized that traits were inherited as discrete units. Thus, the research in genetics that is done presently is due to Mendel’s contribution in genetics that had simply started with an experiment based on the inheritance patterns of certain traits in pea plants. He was the first person to explain this via mathematical calculations. It had gained a wide understanding and recognition only when Hugo de Vries and other scientists rediscovered his research. William Bateson coined the term “genetics” for the first time in $$1905$$ and he had also become a champion of Mendel’s principles of inheritance.