Heredity synonyms

hə-rĕd'ĭ-tē

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genetic makeup
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hereditary succession
Inheritance pursuant to the common-law doctrines of succession.
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mendelism
The theory of heredity as formulated by Gregor Mendel
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Mendelianism
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genetics
The branch of biology that deals with heredity and variation in similar or related animals and plants
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eugenics
The movement devoted to improving the human species through the control of hereditary factors in mating
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ancestry
Family descent or lineage
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hereditary transmission
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ontogeny (related)
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natural-selection (related)
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non-genetic (related)
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inheritance
(Biology) The hereditary passing of biological attributes from ancestors to their offspring.
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tradition
A style or method of an activity or practice, especially of artistic expression, that is recognized and sometimes imitated:
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acquirement (antonym)
An acquiring or being acquired
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genetic endowment
the total of inherited attributes
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Find another word for heredity. In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for heredity, like: genetic makeup, hereditary succession, mendelism, Mendelianism, genetics, eugenics, ancestry, hereditary transmission, ontogeny, natural-selection and null.
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Heredity Sentence Examples

  • The general laws of heredity and variation have been proved to apply to man as well as to animals and plants.

  • I guess so, but I wonder sometimes if heredity is the major factor.

  • Heredity seems to play a role in who develops depressive disorders.

  • If you are choosing a dog from a rescue organization, information about the dog's lineage or heredity may be limited or nonexistent.

  • Even within individual cats, there is a variation that depends on heredity.

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