heredity
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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
Everyone suspected it was central to heredity but no one knew exactly how.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
"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
Using this data on heredity, the researchers have been able to categorise patients into three different groups.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
“That the fundamental aspects of heredity should have turned out to be so extraordinarily simple supports us in the hope that nature may, after all, be entirely approachable,” Thomas Morgan, the influential geneticist, wrote.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing heredity
Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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Genetics - Middle School
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Life Science: Genetics and Evolution
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