genetic inheritance
Traits from parents
Genetic inheritance is the transmission of traits from parents to offspring through genes.
Eye color, blood type, and susceptibility to certain diseases pass this way.
The term distinguishes biological inheritance from legal or financial inheritance, though both involve what one generation receives from the previous: Her musical talent seemed more genetic inheritance than training.
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- alleleGene variant at one locus
- dominantHaving superior influence
- dominant traitGene expression that overrides
chromosome · recessive · recessive gene · gene · pedigree · family tree · blood relative · Mendelian · cystic fibrosis · natural selection · polygenic · linkage · carrier · Down syndrome · birth defect · sickle cell anemia · phenotype · gene therapy
- geneticsDNA, allele, genotype, genes, gene
- DNA ancestryancestry test, DNA test, DNA match, haplogroup, DNA kit
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- DNA AnalysisDNA, DNA profiling, DNA testing, DNA sequencing, DNA fingerprinting
genetic inheritancelearned behavior
Action acquired through experience
environmental influence · acquired traits · nurture · learning · conditioning
genetic inheritancenurture
Support growth and development
environment · environmental factors · upbringing · cultural influence · tabula rasa
genetic inheritancesocial learning
Acquiring behavior through observation
cultural inheritance · oral tradition · apprenticeship · tradition · intergenerational trauma