Answer:
Consumers must obtain their nutrients and energy by eating other organisms. Decomposers break down animal remains and wastes to get energy.
secondary consumer obtain their energy by eating or consuming primary consumers.
This family trait that skips a generation comes from an autosomal recessive trait or as Mendel called as hidden non-dominant trait. Offsprings have a dominant and recessive trait which comes from both parents. Recessive trait appears only when two offspring with same recessive trait blends. This happens in self-fertilization. In the human population, marriage is prohibited between offsprings, thus having recessive trait is only imminent when cousins are married.
