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adjective
- 1. (of money, property, or a title) received as an heir at the death of the previous holder: "inherited wealth"
- 2. (of a quality, characteristic, or predisposition) derived genetically from one's parents or ancestors: "inherited diseases"
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2 days ago · Genetics is the branch of biology concerned with the study of inheritance, including the interplay of genes, DNA variation and their interactions with environmental factors.
23 hours ago · Definition. The gene is considered the basic unit of inheritance. Genes are passed from parents to offspring and contain the information needed to specify physical and biological traits. Most genes code for specific proteins, or segments of proteins, which have differing functions within the body.
2 days ago · A trait, as related to genetics, is a specific characteristic of an individual. Traits can be determined by genes, environmental factors or by a combination of both. Traits can be qualitative (such as eye color) or quantitative (such as height or blood pressure).
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3 days ago · A species (pl.: species) is a population of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. [ 1 ] It is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity.
1 day ago · Genetics is the scientific study of inheritance. [67] [68] [69] Mendelian inheritance, specifically, is the process by which genes and traits are passed on from parents to offspring. [29] It has several principles.
Inheritance describes how children inherit a mix of genes and their encoded characteristics from their biological mother and father. Human body cells have 46 chromosomes that are found in the cell nucleus, whereas sex cells (sperm and egg cells), which are also known as gametes, carry only 23 chromosomes.
3 days ago · Human genetic disease - Sex-Linked Inheritance: In humans, there are hundreds of genes located on the X chromosome that have no counterpart on the Y chromosome. The traits governed by these genes thus show sex-linked inheritance.
