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heredity — /heuh red i tee/, n., pl. heredities. Biol. 1. the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new… … Universalium
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genetics, human — ▪ biology Introduction study of the inheritance of characteristics by children from parents. Inheritance in humans does not differ in any fundamental way from that in other organisms. The study of human heredity occupies a central… … Universalium
polygenic — [ˌpɒlɪ dʒɛnɪk] adjective Genetics relating to or determined by a group of genes which act together to produce observable variation. Derivatives polygene noun polygenically adverb … English new terms dictionary
