Inherited And Acquired
By: Kylei Barbosa
Inherited And Acquired Traits
Inherited Traits - Are traits you get from your parents or grandparents, so your born with it.
Acquired Traits - Are traits that you dont get from parents or grandparents.
Examples
Height - My mom is short and my dad is tall.I am already 5`4 and 1/2 im maybe two inches shorter than her.So you cannot have two short parents and you be tall it doesn't work like that.You can have too tall parents and be tall or one short parent and one tall parent and be tall.
Your eyes
you can get your eyes from your parents and sometimes grandparents But if your parents have browns eyes you cannot get green eyes unless your parents have two sets of green genes.
Ears
Attached earlobe - Attached earlobes are a recessive trait
Free earlobes - Free earlobes are a Dominant trait
Hair color
You get your hair color from your parents.If your dad has browns hair and your moms are is dyed blue then you will not get blue hair.