Meaning of HEREDITY
| Pronunciation: | | hu'reditee
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- [n] the total of inherited attributes
- [n] the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
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| | Synonyms: | | genetic endowment |
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| | See Also: | | biological process, hereditary pattern, inheritance, organic process, property | |
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| | Definition: | | Heredity
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | Genetic transmission of traits from parent to offspring. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Heredity refers to the passing on of a particular trait or characteristic from a parent to its progeny. It can also refer to the sum of the inherited genetic characteristics and traits which makes up an individual organism. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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