inherited

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Research suggests that about one-third of the variation in Y chromosome loss is inherited, involving around 150 genes related to cell cycle control and cancer risk.

From Science Daily

I inherited both his sense of humor and his anxiety.

From The Wall Street Journal

McCullum is now faced with a rebuild that has strong parallels to the situation he inherited four years ago.

From BBC

"Nothing happens in isolation. The results suggest that multiple risk factors come together with F. nucleatum acting as an environmental factor that may cooperate with inherited BRCA1 mutations to promote breast cancer and tumor aggressiveness."

From Science Daily

The UK government said it had "inherited a broken financial system" that had included plans to increase fuel duty.

From BBC