Heredity Definition
heredity
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Etymology
From Middle French hérédité, from Latin hērēditas (“condition of being an heir”), from hēres (“heir”).
Noun
heredity (plural heredities)
- 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.
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