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Characters that are transmitted from parents to offspring during reproduction show

A

only similarities with parents

B

only variations with parents

C

both similarities and variations with parents

D

neither similarities nor variations

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C
In Sexual reproduction, the offsprings are not identical to the parents or to one another. This is because the offsprings receive some genes form mother and some from father.
Because of mixing of genes on re-establishment of number of chromosome in various differents combinations, the offsprings show both similarities and variations with characters of parents.
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