Heredity - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |həˈredətɪ|  American pronunciation of the word heredity
Brit.  |hɪˈredɪtɪ|  British pronunciation of the word heredity

noun

- the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
- the total of inherited attributes

Extra examples

Heredity plays no part in the disease.

Heredity and environment are both important.

The role of heredity in the causation of cancer

...his contention is that environment plays a subordinate role to heredity in determining what we become...

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