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Mala had a huge scar on her cheek after she met with fire accident during her college days.She is worried if her baby would inherit the scar she had acquired.She clarified with her doctor,she need not worry about it,as her scar is an acquired trait.
(ii)How is it different from inherited traits?

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(i)Acquired traits are the characters that cannot be passed from one generation to the next generation.
(ii)Characters which are inherited by the offspring from the parents and carried from one generation to another generation are called Ingerited traits.
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