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

Natural selection leads to a sudden inheritable change in the genome of the female elk, ensuring female elk with very high fat reserves to effectively carry out pregnancy.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

I have said nothing about mental peculiarities being inheritable for I reserve this subject for a separate chapter.

From The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 by Darwin, Francis, Sir