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heredity

noun as in transmission of traits from parents to offspring

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The emperor was not chosen by heredity, like most other monarchies.

From Salon

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.

In these biological DNA letters our heredity is stored.

While the researchers theorize that acetaminophen could have altered how the fathers' genes work, Damkier said that the more likely explanation is that the analysis didn't sufficiently adjust for heredity.

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As Professor Fredkin was quoted as saying in that article, DNA, the fundamental building block of heredity, is “a good example of digitally encoded information.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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