as in blood
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the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to a child
Heredity plays no part in the disease.
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Recent Examples of heredity
Zoologist Charles Davenport created the Cold Spring Harbor Eugenics Record Office in 1910 to pursue his interests in evolution, breeding and human heredity.
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Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
Genetics, heredity, or health conditions may determine the characteristics defining these groups.
—Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
Genetics and heredity may play a role, and lifestyle factors may also contribute.2
Unknown Causes of Precancerous Cells and Pancreas Tumors
Risk factors are not causes.
—Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
And both relied on the xenophobic logic and pseudoscientific understandings of heredity that define eugenics.
—Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for heredity
Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
Genetics, heredity, or health conditions may determine the characteristics defining these groups.
—Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
Genetics and heredity may play a role, and lifestyle factors may also contribute.2
Unknown Causes of Precancerous Cells and Pancreas Tumors
Risk factors are not causes.
—Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
And both relied on the xenophobic logic and pseudoscientific understandings of heredity that define eugenics.
—Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for heredity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heredity
Noun
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Factors that raise your risk of stroke The accumulation of plaque (or cholesterol) in the arteries, which raises the risk of blood clotting, is caused by a number of risk factors.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Doctors have started using gene-editing treatments like CRISPR to treat devastating genetic blood disorders such as sickle cell disease, and are studying experimental gene-editing therapies for other diseases, including cancer, inherited high cholesterol and some forms of genetic blindness.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Last year, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigator contacted the department’s cold case unit offering to help identify Parks’ remains with the use of forensic genealogy.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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Through forensic genetic genealogy, additional DNA testing and other advanced methodologies, the Solano County Coroner’s Office was finally able to solve the decades-old mystery and determine the remains belonged to Hertel.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The law dictates that the Counsellor of State position is held by the sovereign's spouse and the first four people in the line of succession over the age of 21, which is how Beatrice holds the royal role.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
14 May 2025
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This season, Watson moved into the limelight with both goals in 2-1 home win against Stoke City in December, during a sequence of five starts in succession.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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Miami-Dade alone has 53 different mosquito species, and each has a different behavior, breeding habits, some transmit diseases and others don’t.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2025
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The clip shows the one-eyed puppy running around his new home, chasing after other dogs, and playing with Stewie who is a former breeding rabbit.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Krishnamoorthi would be the 10th Asian American in the Senate and only the second senator with South Asian ancestry.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
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Then — boom — Saturn enters Aries on May 24th, activating your sector of home, ancestry, and emotional foundation for the first time since 1999.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This is to signify that his becoming pontiff is akin to a second birth, the Vatican said.—
May 8,
CBS News,
9 May 2025
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The couple had an at-home birth with the help of a midwife and doula.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Here's when to pay up, and when to walk away These 12 family beach resorts go way beyond sandcastles and sunscreen Cruise cabin math: When booking two rooms makes more sense than one This story was updated to add new information.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid, the longest running concert for a cause, will mark the 40th anniversary of its advocacy for family farmers with an all-star festival on Sept. 20 at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.—
Thom Duffy,
Billboard,
13 May 2025
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Today, there are plenty of resources for parents who adopt children of a different race, a process known as transracial adoption.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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No disrespect to Webb either, but the Dodgers-Giants rivalry demands that this dramatic pennant race not end without the teams facing each other.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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“Heredity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heredity. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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