What is the difference between inheritance and heredity?

Inheritance:The passing of genetic information from parent to child is known as inheritance.The information is in chemical codes carried by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA ) in the sex cells (eggs and sperms). Heredity is the phenomenon of passing traits from parent to offspring. read more

Good Question. Well, Heredity is the transmission of genetic character from the parents to offspring via gene while Inheritance is the transmission of that characters which are similar but not same as heredity. read more

Heredity means the similarities between parent and progeny where as variation means differences between the parent and progeny and hence Geneticined as the science of heredityt and variation. Inheritance is the flow or transmission of charactors from parent to progeny. read more

The difference between inheritance and heredity is in interpreting the genetic traits or characters. Inheritance shows the path way of genetic traits and their expression not only from one generation to the next but also between the generations. read more