heredity

[US]/hɪ'redɪtɪ/
[UK]/hə'rɛdəti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the passing on of genetic information and traits from parents to offspring.

Example Sentences

Radiation has a strong effect on the heredity of fruit flies.

Do heredity and environment determine a man’s character?

The then current concept of heredity through pangenesis implied a blending process.

Diet and exercise can influence a person’s weight,but heredity is also a factor.

For the heredity of the early mature traits, the additive effect took the dominant position, but the effects of the nonadditive gene and reverse cross could not be ignored.

The laws of heredity on which the modern science of genetics is based came from the Austrian monk Grego Mendel, who combined mathematics and biology to create a new science.

Real-world Examples

We now have a much better understanding of the biology of heredity than he did.

Source: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

Some disease develop because of the bad conditions one lives in and others are present by heredity.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

No, the worst indictment against him is again psychological — heredity, mon ami, heredity!

Source: Murder at the golf course

And before you can say heredity and environment, Laurent and Therese start a torrid affair But… sneaking around is tough.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

The race knows its own mortality and fears stagnation of its heredity.

Source: "Dune" audiobook

You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you.

Source: The virtues of human nature.

I began to wonder if heredity might not be a snare and a delusion.

Source: Cross Creek (Part 2)

Genius-level intelligence is usually the result of heredity and environment.

Source: The Simpsons

And so, it would suggest a low role of heredity.

Source: Yale University Open Course: Introduction to Psychology

By the way, heredity means the passing on of DNA to offspring.

Source: British English Science Popularization Channel

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