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heredity

[huh-red-i-tee] / həˈrɛd ɪ ti /


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The book also explores Leonardo's own thinking about heredity.

From Science Daily May 4, 2026

In Galton’s day, the impact of heredity on who we are as people had become recognized, then greatly exaggerated—a trend that continued through the next century and remains alive and well today.

From Slate Mar. 19, 2026

Everyone suspected it was central to heredity but no one knew exactly how.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 4, 2026

"Health effects of air pollution are synergistic manifestation of factors which include food habits, occupational habits, socio-economic status, medical history, immunity, heredity, etc," it said.

From Barron's Dec. 3, 2025

Unable to arrive at a theory of heredity via experimental means, Darwin was forced to conjure one up from purely theoretical grounds.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

However, the real message that the new research carries is an exciting and hopeful one: that Indians have created a long-lasting civilisation from a variety of heredities and histories.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2018

In spare moments he surprises mice and guinea pigs, studying their heredities and acquired characteristics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Always some strong barbarians, endowed with rich, unspoiled heredities, caught the falling torch and bore it onward flaming high once more.

From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Stoddard, Lothrop

Here is huddled together a great mass of human wreckage, a large part of it being the product of imperfect heredities acted upon by impossible environments.

From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Darrow, Clarence

There are, however, certain heredities which come down to us which our writings of the present day may be traced to.

From Mark Twain's Speeches by Twain, Mark




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