inheritable

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Scientists in Japan have identified a virus that selectively kills males — and it happens to be inheritable, creating generation upon generation of all females.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2023

The nation itself held on to the mineral rights of the land, granting each member an inheritable “headright” to the share of the nation’s mineral wealth.

From National Geographic • Sep. 15, 2023

With a genetic predisposition, the inheritable mutations are frequently found in DNA repair genes.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2023

Genetic testing is performed to identify disease-causing genes, and gene therapy is used to cure an inheritable disease.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In the few cases where permanent inheritable changes were seemingly produced they were more reasonably interpreted as the effects of direct action on the germ-cells than as examples of inherited somatic modifications.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.