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

They will retain these roles when they lose the right to sit in the Lords along with dozens of other hereditary peers, under the Labour government's reforms of the upper house.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The true-bred pea plants, he noted, possessed distinct traits that were hereditary and variant.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee