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'''Biological inheritance''' is the process by which an offspring [[biological cell|cell]] or [[organism]] acquires or becomes predisposed to characteristics of its parent cell or organism. Through Variationinheritance, invariations inheritanceexhibited isby aindividuals fundamentalcan conceptaccumulate inand cause a [[Charles Darwin|Darwinspecies]]'s theory ofto [[evolution|evolve]]. The study of biological inheritance is called [[genetics]].

Mechanisms of ''biological inheritance''

# '''Genetic inheritance''' results from [[DNA replication]] and [[cell division]].

# Alterations in [[DNA sequence]] accounts for the vast majority of characterized heritable variation.

# '''[[Epigenetic inheritance]]''' results from, reversibleamong alterationsother inthings, theDNA activitymodifications ofsuch as [[silencing|gene silencing]]s.