Information that specifies an organism's traits is encoded in genes, or pieces of dna that are located in the organism's chromosomes. the passage of these instructions from one generation to the next generation is known as

Heredity

Explanation:

The passage of these instructions from one generation to the next generation is known as heredity. In heredity, the parent DNA is replicated and copied over to  the offspring DNA. This happens during the replication process. In fact, to be more precise, the process takes place during chromosomal division. This is when half of the parent DNA strand is passed over to the offspring cells. Thus, the offspring carries half the instructions from the parents.

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