heredity

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle French hérédité from Latin hereditas “condition of being an heir” from heres “heir”.

[edit] Noun

heredity (plural heredities)

1. Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.

[edit] Related terms

• hereditary

[edit] See also

• pangenesis