heredity

Example Sentences

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“Wuthering Heights,” for some, is a study on the horrors of heredity.

From Los Angeles Times

Among the possible factors she said her doctors cited are heredity — her father died at 53 — a family history of heart disease and myocarditis, a mild cardiac inflammation that has been associated with covid-19.

From Washington Post

Dr. Lewontin devoted nearly his entire academic career to the study of genes, the unit of heredity by which traits are passed from parent to offspring.

From Washington Post

Not surprisingly, the findings suggest that heredity and environment do contribute to musical aptitude and achievement.

From Scientific American

She reckons with the legacy of the physical spaces where so many of the most vulnerable were callously abused with the justification of "bad heredity."

From Salon