genetic endowment
- noun
- /dʒəˈnɛtɪk ɪnˈdaʊmənt/
- Specialized
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dotación genética
- One such factor might be genetic endowment for language, perhaps measured by family history of language delay, which has been shown to be an important predictor in the study by Zubrick et al. (2007).
And intelligence is not entirely but but largely based on your genetic endowment.
- And intelligence is not entirely but but largely based on your genetic endowment.
Examples
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I mean that studies of the human genome shown without doubt that the genetic endowment of humanity is a continuum race is a total fiction.
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Studies of the human genome and studies of the Y chromosome, descended through the male lineage, and mitochondrial DNA, through the female lineage, have left absolutely no doubt that the human genetic endowment is a single continuum.
Blog text (31) -
Why should we assume that people who rise socially do so, in large part, by genetic endowment?
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You aren't responsible for the genetic endowment.
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It is clear that genetic endowment has a great impact on the aging of an organism.
Academic text (1992) -
Therefore, it is evident that the lifespan of all organisms is controlled by their genetic endowment.
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He once told me that a young lesbian approached him to propose that he father the child she and her lover wanted to raise, the two having decided they admired his genetic endowment.
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Similar considerations based on focusing on the interests of a future child also appear to be helpful when we consider how the doctrine of creation may throw light precisely on the possibility of positive genetic treatment, or of aiming to improve or enhance the genetic endowment of a future individual.
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Many scientists believe that an individual's abilities are influenced by their genetic endowment from their parents.
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Athletic performance can often be traced back to a person's genetic endowment and training.
Synonyms
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A natural quality or ability someone is born with
All the genes a person, animal, or plant has that decide traits passed from their parents
An ability a person has from birth
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjectival composition: 'genetic' (relating to genes/heredity) modifying 'endowment' (an innate quality), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to inherited traits or abilities. This is a regular, compositional noun phrase common across languages (context disambiguates the rarer financial sense of 'endowment'), making the meaning immediately accessible.
Etymology
Genetic endowment is a phrase that pictures our genes as a natural 'gift' from our parents. Genetic means from genes and endowment means a 'gift', so the phrase means the set of 'inherited traits' a person gets at birth.