heredity

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In these biological DNA letters our heredity is stored.

From Science Daily

While the researchers theorize that acetaminophen could have altered how the fathers' genes work, Damkier said that the more likely explanation is that the analysis didn't sufficiently adjust for heredity.

From Salon

As Professor Fredkin was quoted as saying in that article, DNA, the fundamental building block of heredity, is “a good example of digitally encoded information.”

From New York Times

Just as Crick and geneticist James Watson solved heredity by decoding DNA’s double helix, scientists would crack consciousness by discovering its neural underpinnings, or “correlates.”

From Scientific American

Darwin’s contributions to evolution, how fossils form and human evolution have all been removed from the chapter on heredity and evolution for class-10 pupils.

From Scientific American