'Heredity' definitions:
Definition of 'heredity'
(from WordNet)
noun
The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
noun
The total of inherited attributes [syn: heredity, genetic endowment]
Definition of 'Heredity'
From: GCIDE
- Heredity \He*red"i*ty\, n. [L. hereditas heirship.] (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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heredity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allele,
- allelomorph,
- Altmann theory,
- anticodon,
- biotype,
- birth,
- character,
- chromatid,
- chromatin,
- chromosome,
- codon,
- De Vries theory,
- deoxyribonucleic acid,
- determinant,
- determiner,
- diathesis,
- DNA,
- DNA double helix,
- endowment,
- eugenics,
- factor,
- Galtonian theory,
- gene,
- gene complex,
- gene flow,
- gene pool,
- genesiology,
- genetic code,
- genetic drift,
- genetics,
- genotype,
- hereditability,
- hereditary character,
- heritability,
- heritage,
- inborn capacity,
- inheritability,
- inheritance,
- matrocliny,
- Mendelianism,
- Mendelism,
- messenger RNA,
- mRNA,
- nucleotide,
- operator gene,
- operon,
- patrocliny,
- pharmacogenetics,
- recessive character,
- regulator gene,
- replication,
- ribosomal RNA,
- RNA,
- structural gene,
- transfer RNA,
- tRNA,
- Verworn theory,
- Weismann theory,
- Weismannism,
- Wiesner theory