inheritability
Capacity for passing
Inheritability is the quality of being able to pass from one generation to the next—whether property, traits, or characteristics.
In law, inheritability concerns what can legally transfer to heirs: The inheritability of the estate was questioned in court.
In genetics and biology, it describes whether traits can be transmitted from parent to offspring.
In programming, inheritability refers to whether properties or methods can pass from a parent class to child classes.
Genetic trait transmission
- genesUnits of heredity
- allelesVariant forms of genes
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
genotype · phenotype · dominant · recessive · mutation · polygenic · monogenic · locus
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heirloomsObjects passed through family lines
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
forebears · ancestral · dynasty · provenance · patrimony · generational · bloodline · kinship
Property and grounds
- bequestGift left by will
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- trustConfidence in another
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
executor · succession · entailment · intestate · primogeniture · testator · heir · probate
Capacity to spread
- passageSegment of text
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
- propagationAct of spreading widely
heredity
Genetic trait transmission
chromosomes · genotype · phenotype · dominant · recessive · mutation · polygenic · monogenic · locus · meiosis
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heirloomsObjects passed through family lines
- lineageDescent from progenitors
ancestry · forebears · ancestral · dynasty · provenance · patrimony · generational · bloodline · kinship · clan
estate
Property and grounds
beneficiary · executor · succession · entailment · intestate · primogeniture · testator · heir · probate · devise
transmissibility
Capacity to spread
- passageSegment of text
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
propagation · carryover · continuity · perpetuation · intergenerational
inheritabilityenvironmental influence
How surroundings shape things
acquired traits · nurture · conditioning · learned behavior · environmental factors
inheritabilitynon-transferability
Cannot be given away
inalienability · life estate · reversion · terminability · forfeiture
heritage, inherit, inheritance, inherited, inheritor, inheriting, inherits, disinherit, inheritors