Provide definitions/explanations for the following terms:
$1.$ Genetics
$2.$ Heredity

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(N/A) Genetics is the branch of biology that deals with the study of inheritance and variation. It scientifically addresses questions regarding why offspring resemble their parents or show differences in their characteristics,and why siblings may look similar or different.
Inheritance is the process by which characters are passed on from parent to progeny. It is the basis of heredity,which refers to the transmission of genetic traits from parents to offspring.

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$I.$ Mendelian experiments have a large sampling size, which gave greater credibility to the data that he collected.
$II.$ Recessive allele influences the appearance of the phenotype even in the presence of a dominant allele.
$III.$ Mendel analysed qualitative characters in garden pea.
$IV.$ In $F_2$-generation of a Mendelian monohybrid cross, the tall and dwarf traits were identical to their parental types and show no blending inheritance.

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