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Heredity

Heredity Meaning & Definition
Heredity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Heredity?

[n] the total of inherited attributes
[n] the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

Synonyms | Synonyms for Heredity: genetic endowment

Related Terms | Find terms related to Heredity: allele | allelomorph | Altmann theory | anticodon | biotype | birth | character | chromatid | chromatin | chromosome | codon | De Vries theory | deoxyribonucleic acid | determinant | determiner | diathesis | DNA | DNA double helix | endowment | eugenics | factor | Galtonian theory | gene | gene complex | gene flow | gene pool | genesiology | genetic code | genetic drift | genetics | genotype | hereditability | hereditary character | heritability | heritage | inborn capacity | inheritability | inheritance | matrocliny | Mendelianism | Mendelism | messenger RNA | mRNA | nucleotide | operator gene | operon | patrocliny | pharmacogenetics | recessive character | regulator gene | replication | ribosomal RNA | RNA | structural gene | transfer RNA | tRNA | Verworn theory | Weismann theory | Weismannism | Wiesner theory

See Also | biological process | hereditary pattern | inheritance | organic process | property

Heredity In Webster's Dictionary

\He*red"i*ty\, n. [L. hereditas heirship.] (Biol.) Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See {Pangenesis}.

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