inheritable
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Scientists in Japan have identified a virus that selectively kills males — and it happens to be inheritable, creating generation upon generation of all females.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
The nation itself held on to the mineral rights of the land, granting each member an inheritable “headright” to the share of the nation’s mineral wealth.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 15, 2023
With a genetic predisposition, the inheritable mutations are frequently found in DNA repair genes.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
Ethicists have identified numerous ethical issues and concerns related to inheritable genetic modification.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Personal property, such as weapons, or trophies, or rights of user in the garden-plots, was inheritable in the female line, and thus stayed within the clan.
From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by John Fiske
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