inheritance

Examples

• All

• Phil, um, what would be the line of inheritance from my father's estate if something was to happen to me now that my mother's gone?

  Fascination (2004)

• However, there is now abundant evidence that epigenetic inheritance occurs (Jablonka and Raz 2009).

  Academic text (2012)

• It's a drug trial with just two patients with the same genetic inheritance.

  Extraordinary Measures (2010)

• However, the process of inheritance differs between the two domains.

  Academic text (2013)

• Within this pattern, Dante explores the mystery of generation, the inheritance of intelligence and talent.

  Academic text (1991)

• In this article, I introduce the inheritance of acquired characteristics by briefly describing some representative examples.

  Academic text (1993)

• If you incur debts you cannot repay, you will be forced to sell your inheritance.

  Academic text (2011)

• The other two women, who are without inheritance or trust funds, struggle with their bookstores and small presses.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Well, when I was younger- considerably younger- people's rights in some states in this country were determined by what percentage of his genetic inheritance was white, and what percentage was of another race.

  InAlienable (2008)

• The study of genetic inheritance helps us understand how traits are passed from parents to their children.

Synonyms

H

heredity

vsinheritance

9 5.8

Parents pass physical and mental traits to their children through genes

focuses on the genetic process by which traits move from parents to offspring

Antonyms

N

nonhereditary

• Specialized

6.9

Does not pass from parents to children through genes

Compounds

I

inheritance tax

4 4.3

A tax on money or property you receive when someone dies

T

theory of inheritance

• Specialized

4.8

A scientific idea that explains how traits pass from parents to children in living things

X

X-linked dominant inheritance

• Specialized

9.5

A way a strong gene on the X chromosome causes a trait in children who inherit it

X

X-linked recessive inheritance

• Specialized

8.8

A pattern where a gene on the X chromosome causes males to have a trait and females to be carriers

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology