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  1. Heredity - Wikipedia

    Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring …

  2. Heredity | Definition & Facts | Britannica

    Nov 6, 2025 · The concept of heredity encompasses two seemingly paradoxical observations: the constancy of a species between generations and the variation among individuals within a …

  3. What Is Heredity? Understanding the Science of Genetic Inheritance

    Apr 17, 2025 · Heredity is the bridge between ancestry and individuality, between history and possibility. From the deep green of your mother’s eyes to the arch of your grandfather’s …

  4. HEREDITY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of HEREDITY is inheritance. How to use heredity in a sentence.

  5. Understanding Heredity: Inheritance, Epigenetics, and Variation

    Explore the complexities of heredity, from Mendelian principles to epigenetic influences and genetic variations.

  6. Heredity - Nature

    Jul 3, 2025 · In genetics, Mendel’s laws of heredity provide the basic ‘rules’. Recent decades have seen an explosion in discoveries that violate these rules, which has driven the field of genetics …

  7. HEREDITY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    The process takes living populations to living populations by heredity, and the natural mechanisms are many but include variation and selection.

  8. Heredity - GeeksforGeeks

    Aug 21, 2025 · The Biological process that transfers the characteristics and traits from one generation to other (i.e. from parents to their children) is termed heredity. It is responsible for …

  9. Heredity - Encyclopedia.com

    May 29, 2018 · Heredity is the transmission of genetic characteristics from ancestor to descendant through the genes. As a subject, it is tied closely to genetics, the area of biological …

  10. The basic concepts and features of heredity | Britannica

    heredity, Transmission of traits from parents to offspring through genes, the functional units of heritable material that are found within all living cells.