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/hɪˈɹɛdɪti/ · noun
Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants..
laws of heredity
genetics and heredity
influence of heredity
Eye color is often determined by heredity.
Use heredity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Heredity means Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants..
Common synonyms include genetic endowment.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
laws of heredity
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