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Heredity : (noun)
1: the biological process whereby genetic factors are
transmitted from one generation to the next
2: the total of inherited attributes [syn: genetic endowment]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Heredity : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Heredity : Heredity: Genetic transmission from parent to child.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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