Heredity

n.

1.

(Biol.) Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.

Noun	1.	heredity - the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
	2.	heredity - the total of inherited attributes Synonyms: genetic endowment

the passing of a trait from parent to child.

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