genetic traits
Passed-down biological features
Genetic traits are characteristics passed from parents to offspring through genes—the units of heredity encoded in DNA.
Eye color, blood type, and height are genetic traits, though environment may influence how they express.
The phrase often appears in discussions of what's inherited versus learned: Shyness may be partly a genetic trait.
Some genetic traits follow simple inheritance patterns; others involve multiple genes interacting.
- dimplesSmall facial indentations
- eye colorPigmentation of iris
- allelesVariant forms of genes
- blood typeRed cell antigen classification
- color blindnessInability to perceive hues
temperament · freckles · red hair · body shape · handedness · height · immune response · recessive · hair texture · skin tone · phenotype · dominant · hormone levels · facial structure · intelligence · heredity · selective breeding · nature vs nurture
- geneticsDNA, allele, genes, chromosomes, chromosome
- trait typesphysical traits, behavioral traits, personality traits, character traits, inherited traits
- birthrightancestry, bloodline, heredity, parentage, pedigree
- bloodstockstallion, stud farm, stud fee, stud book, breeding
- Goatsgoat, doe, kid, buck, wether
- Sheepewe, ram, lamb, merino, fleece
genetic traitsacquired traits
Non-inherited developed features
environmental influences · conditioned responses · habits · nurture · cultural practices