heredity

In Galton’s day, the impact of heredity on who we are as people had become recognized, then greatly exaggerated—a trend that continued through the next century and remains alive and well today.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2026

The possibility of a genealogical tree of life is predicated on the existence of an underlying process of heredity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

"Health effects of air pollution are synergistic manifestation of factors which include food habits, occupational habits, socio-economic status, medical history, immunity, heredity, etc," it said.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

It’s a Gothic, environmental take on heredity as well as inheritance, with one of the Haddesley daughters, Wenna, challenging both as human and earthen secrets bubble to the surface.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2024

Succinct, yet magisterial, this formula captured the essence of the interactions between heredity, chance, environment, variation, and evolution in determining the form and fate of an organism.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

However, the real message that the new research carries is an exciting and hopeful one: that Indians have created a long-lasting civilisation from a variety of heredities and histories.

From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2018

In spare moments he surprises mice and guinea pigs, studying their heredities and acquired characteristics.

From Time Magazine Archive

While some heredities withstand a poor environment, others are so poor that, no matter how good the environment, the machine cannot survive.

From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Darrow, Clarence

There are, however, certain heredities which come down to us which our writings of the present day may be traced to.

From Mark Twain's Speeches by Twain, Mark

Our knowledge of individual malign heredities is too meager to carry us very far at present.

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