hereditary

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Pulmonary embolism and hereditary coagulopathy — an arterial blockage in the lungs and issues with blood clotting either too much or too little — contributed to his death, People said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

For the British the hope is that the trip will exploit the modern irony that the world’s most powerful republic finds an old monarchy’s hereditary king more congenial company than its elected leader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Humans are incredibly efficient at plant and animal domestication, the process of selecting and curating prosocial hereditary traits for our own benefit.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

The NHS says it is not known how many people have hereditary spastic paraplegia because it is often misdiagnosed.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

It was a hoary restatement of Lamarck’s idea—of adaptation morphing directly into hereditary change—decades after geneticists had pointed out the conceptual errors of Lamarckism.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee