Inheritance Definition and Examples - Biology Online Dictionary (original) (raw)

Definition
noun
(1) The acquisition of traits genetically transmitted from parents to offspring
(2) That which is inherited from parents to offspring
Supplement
See also:

• allele
• heredity

Related term(s):

• Polygenic inheritance
• Monogenic inheritance
• Dominant inheritance
• Recessive inheritance
• Non-Mendelian inheritance
• Mendelian inheritance
• Paternal inheritance
• Maternal inheritance
• Cytoplasmic inheritance
• Mitochondrial inheritance

Last updated on July 1st, 2021