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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 cells or organisms …

  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 species.

  3. Understanding Heredity: Inheritance, Epigenetics, and Variation

    Nov 27, 2025 · Heredity is the biological process by which traits and characteristics are passed from parent to offspring. This transmission of information dictates everything from eye color and height to …

  4. HEREDITY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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

  5. 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 forward.

  6. 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 eyebrows, heredity …

  7. What Is Heredity? The Biology of Inherited Traits

    Aug 21, 2025 · Heredity is the biological process by which traits, from physical characteristics to certain predispositions, are passed down across generations. This mechanism explains why living …

  8. heredity - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Oct 2, 2025 · heredity (usually uncountable, plural heredities) Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to …

  9. 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 variation among the …

  10. Heredity | Research Starters - EBSCO

    Heredity is the biological process through which physical traits and characteristics are passed from parent organisms to their offspring. This transmission occurs via chromosomes, which house genes …