as in blood
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the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to a child
Heredity plays no part in the disease.
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Recent Examples of heredity
Zoologist Charles Davenport created the Cold Spring Harbor Eugenics Record Office in 1910 to pursue his interests in evolution, breeding and human heredity.
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Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
Genetics, heredity, or health conditions may determine the characteristics defining these groups.
—Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
Genetics and heredity may play a role, and lifestyle factors may also contribute.2
Unknown Causes of Precancerous Cells and Pancreas Tumors
Risk factors are not causes.
—Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
And both relied on the xenophobic logic and pseudoscientific understandings of heredity that define eugenics.
—Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for heredity
Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
Genetics, heredity, or health conditions may determine the characteristics defining these groups.
—Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
Genetics and heredity may play a role, and lifestyle factors may also contribute.2
Unknown Causes of Precancerous Cells and Pancreas Tumors
Risk factors are not causes.
—Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
And both relied on the xenophobic logic and pseudoscientific understandings of heredity that define eugenics.
—Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heredity
Noun
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Magnesium supplementation can reduce insulin resistance and improve blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes.—
Ashley Wong,
Health,
27 May 2025
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Ellie doesn’t know that Joel killed Abby’s father until she’s already spilled a small army’s worth of blood in retaliation.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2025
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This has become one of the oldest cold case identifications using investigative genetic genealogy, Ramapo said.—
May 23,
CBS News,
23 May 2025
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Using investigative genetic genealogy — which combines consumer DNA testing, like 23andMe, with genealogical research — the students set to work to solve the mystery.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Following his death at the hands of a mob in Carthage, Mo., in 1844, there was a succession crisis among his followers.—
Frank E. Lockwood,
Arkansas Online,
24 May 2025
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His succession plan involves his three daughters Irsay had openly talked about keeping the Colts in the family after his death.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
22 May 2025
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The researchers found that 71 percent of the dominant females and 79 percent of the breeding males reduced in size at least once over the study period.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 May 2025
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Not surprisingly two of them are about horse breeding.—
Peter J Reilly,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Expanding Knowledge on Prostate Cancer Researchers are now working to develop a version of the test that can detect more prostate cancer risk variants in other populations, such as those with Asian and African ancestry.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
14 May 2025
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As the first Catholic pope from the United States, Pope Leo XIV has an ancestry that traces back to the Creole and free people of color from Louisiana, illustrating complex and interconnected issues of race and class in American history.—
Maya Eaglin,
NBC news,
13 May 2025
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But women also give birth to 100 percent of our future—and that reality complicates things.—
Susan Rietano Davey,
Hartford Courant,
30 May 2025
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The candid video showed the cat gently moving his paw to pump breast milk for his owner, who had recently given birth.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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The Duck Dynasty patriarch died at age 79 on Sunday after being diagnosed in 2024 with Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced in statements on social media.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 May 2025
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Full of surprises, family time, performing, chilling, laughing, loving, smiling and good meaningful cries.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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Disputed claims of 'genocide' in South Africa Genocide is defined in the Genocide Convention, an international treaty that criminalizes genocide, as the killing of members of a group because of their race, religion or national origin, as in the Holocaust.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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According to the suit, Miller had also raised concerns about Spitzer’s handling of the D.A.’s office, including worries that Spitzer had violated the Racial Justice Act by bringing up questions of race while trying to determine whether or not to seek the death penalty against a Black defendant.—
Salvador Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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“Heredity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heredity. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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