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Heredity

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.

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Inheritance 76% connected

The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

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Property 76% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Hereditary 74% connected

Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an…

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Hereditary 74% connected

Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an…

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Allelomorph noun · 78% connection

(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and t…

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Amphidiploid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent

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Cistron noun · 78% connection

(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the codi…

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Cosmid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments

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Crossbreeding noun · 78% connection

(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

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Fertilized ovum noun · 78% connection

(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from tha…

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Gene linkage noun · 78% connection

(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a giv…

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Gene mutation noun · 78% connection

(genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene

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Haploid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes

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Haplotype noun · 78% connection

(genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be…

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Hereditary pattern noun · 78% connection

(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

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Heteroploid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that speci…

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Heterozygote noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring

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Homozygote noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic

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Hybrid vigor noun · 78% connection

(genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent

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Hybridisation noun · 78% connection

(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

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Abiogenesis noun · 78% connection

The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spon…

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Biogeny noun · 78% connection

A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- op…

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Biology noun · 78% connection

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of…

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Birth noun · 78% connection

the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

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Child noun · 78% connection

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate o…

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Cross noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…

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Crossbreed noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding pla…

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Decline verb · 78% connection

To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to…

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Demise noun · 78% connection

Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown…

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Diverge verb · 78% connection

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to…

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ecosystem noun · 78% connection

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

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Evil adjective · 78% connection

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless…

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