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
Newell comes by his activism through heredity.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
And both relied on the xenophobic logic and pseudoscientific understandings of heredity that define eugenics.
—Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
However, heredity, genetics, and environmental factors may also have an impact.
—Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
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Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
Newell comes by his activism through heredity.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
And both relied on the xenophobic logic and pseudoscientific understandings of heredity that define eugenics.
—Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
However, heredity, genetics, and environmental factors may also have an impact.
—Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heredity
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The 50-year-old Hazard resident, dressed in a black Harley Davidson T-shirt, was called to an exam room, where a health worker drew a blood sample as part of her treatment for diabetes and the neuropathic pain that accompanies it.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Insulin is necessary to escort glucose into the cells, and without insulin, glucose remains in the blood.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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Othram said their forensic genetic genealogy team then used this profile to create new leads for authorities, who did follow-up investigation and found the man’s potential relatives.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Investigators identified the remains as Reichert after finding his relatives with help from Othram’s forensic genealogy team, according to the release.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Sep. 2025
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Rubin noted that CHROs are increasingly central to the CEO succession process, working directly with the board to manage expectations and candidate dynamics.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Sabalenka broke first, but then lost her serve twice in quick succession to concede the set.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Recovery efforts, like a captive breeding program at the Phoenix Zoo, have helped to bolster the Mount Graham red squirrel’s population, but conservationists fear that the species may be one wildfire away from eradication in the wild.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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This step, along with captive breeding programs, reintroduction efforts, law enforcement, and habitat protection, helped recover populations to nearly 10,000 nesting pairs.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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Close relatives of the federal official who has accused a Federal Reserve governor of improperly claiming primary residence on two properties have declared the same status on two homes in two different states, public records show.—
Marisa Taylor,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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After Othram provided those leads to authorities, a follow-up investigation led to the victim’s potential relatives, said the company.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The film claims Kahlo was of Indigenous Zapotec ancestry on her mother’s side, and thus briefly engages with that civilization’s worldview.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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Our family tree is more like a bush, with lots of twigs that were dead ends—failed evolutionary experiments that occurred outside of our direct line of ancestry.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
13 Aug. 2025
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The film very loosely adapts one tale from the lore of the titular Chinese protection deity, an eccentric-looking boy warrior of mystical, demonic birth.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Jackson, on Thursday and in her book, credited much of her accomplishments to her birth into a post-Civil Rights America and to the support system that carried her through it.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa offered his condolences to the families, and the mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas, said the city was mourning the accident.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Now, amid the federal overhaul, Morgan fears the VA will toss aside her family and other families' cases.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Heredity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heredity. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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