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Passing of traits to offspring from the species' parents or ancestor
Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction
Heredity
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up heredity or hereditary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Heredity may refer to: Heredity: the transfer of characteristics from parent to offspring
Heredity_(disambiguation)
Inventor of the telephone (1847–1922)
the emerging science of heredity. His work in this area has been called "the soundest, and most useful study of human heredity proposed in nineteenth-century
Alexander_Graham_Bell
Academic journal
Human Heredity is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of human genetics. It was established in 1948 as Acta Genetica et Statistica
Human_Heredity
Peer-reviewed scientific journal
Heredity is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio. It covers heredity in a biological sense, i.e. genetics. The journal
Heredity_(journal)
Austrian biologist and friar (1822–1884)
experiments conducted between 1856 and 1863 established many of the rules of heredity, now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance. Mendel worked with
Gregor_Mendel
Peer-reviewed scientific journal
The Journal of Heredity is a peer-reviewed scientific journal concerned with heredity in a biological sense, covering all aspects of genetics. It is published
Journal_of_Heredity
Science of genes, heredity and variation
study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms. It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor
Genetics
English biologist (1861–1926)
English biologist who coined the term genetics to describe the study of heredity. His popularization of Gregor Mendel's work following its rediscovery in
William_Bateson
Group of endocrine diseases characterized by high blood sugar levels
Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. Diabetes tends
Diabetes
1911 book by Charles Davenport
Heredity in Relation to Eugenics is a book by American eugenicist Charles Benedict Davenport, published in 1911. It argued that many human traits were
Heredity in Relation to Eugenics
Heredity_in_Relation_to_Eugenics
Nazi-era institute studying eugenics
The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics was a research institute founded in 1927 in Berlin, Germany. The Rockefeller
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics
Kaiser_Wilhelm_Institute_of_Anthropology,_Human_Heredity,_and_Eugenics
British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)
ancestral heredity". Heredity. 81 (5): 579–585. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6884180. PMID 9988590. Bulmer, Michael (2003). Francis Galton: Pioneer of Heredity and Biometry
Francis_Galton
Novel by Natsume Sōseki
The Heredity of Taste (趣味の遺傳, Shumi no Iden) is a novella by Japanese writer Natsume Sōseki. It was written in December 1905, following the conclusion
The_Heredity_of_Taste
1985 studio album by Rational Youth
Heredity is a 1985 album by Rational Youth, now down to singer Tracy Howe with numerous studio musicians. In retrospect, Howe was less than happy with
Heredity_(album)
Theory of heredity
Telegony is a pseudoscientific theory of heredity holding that offspring can inherit the characteristics of a previous mate of the female parent; thus
Telegony_(inheritance)
Long-standing debate in biology and society
eugenics and behavioral genetics when he was discussing the influence of heredity and environment on social advancement. Galton was influenced by On the
Nature_versus_nurture
The Heredity Commission was a eugenic advisory group to the government of the United States of America during the early 20th century. It was founded in
Heredity_Commission
Axiomatic set theory proposed by Wilhelm Ackermann
In mathematics and logic, Ackermann set theory (AST, also known as A ∗ / V {\displaystyle A^{*}/V} ) is an axiomatic set theory proposed by Wilhelm Ackermann
Ackermann_set_theory
New York family studied by sociologists
Crime, Pauperism, Disease and Heredity in 1877. Dugdale debated the relative contribution of environment and heredity and concluded that the family's
Jukes_family
Chromosomal theory of inheritance
throughout the various cell-divisions. " — W. S. Sutton, The Chromosomes in Heredity 1903 The chromosome theory of inheritance is credited to papers by Walter
Boveri–Sutton chromosome theory
Boveri–Sutton_chromosome_theory
Short story by Isaac Asimov
"Heredity" is a science fiction short story by the American writer Isaac Asimov. Asimov wrote the story, his twenty-third, in August 1940 under the title
Heredity_(short_story)
British socialist organisation founded in 1884
"The Blood of the Nation" (1901/1910) Anticipations (1901) Varuna (1901) Heredity in Relation to Eugenics (1911) Daedalus (1924) La raza cósmica (1925) Marriage
Fabian_Society
1912 film
Heredity is a 1912 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Harry Carey as White Renegade Father Madge Kirby as Indian Mother Jack Pickford as Son
Heredity_(film)
Effort to improve purported human genetic quality
research bodies such as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, the Cold Spring Harbor Carnegie Institution for Experimental
Eugenics
Eugenics book by Henry Herbert Goddard
The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness was a 1912 book by the American psychologist and eugenicist Henry H. Goddard, dedicated
The_Kallikak_Family
Trait that determines an organism's sexually reproductive function
Sex Chromosomes, and Karyotype Evolution in Insects". The Journal of Heredity. 108 (1): 78–93. doi:10.1093/jhered/esw047. ISSN 0022-1503. PMC 6281344
Biological_sex
and genetics: much ado about very little". The Missing Gene: Psychiatry, Heredity, and the Fruitless Search for Genes. Algora. ISBN 0-87586-410-4. Archived
Heritability_of_autism
Type of pattern of inheritance
crosses. Another form of non-Mendelian inheritance is known as infectious heredity. Infectious particles such as viruses may infect host cells and continue
Non-Mendelian_inheritance
γένεσις genesis, “origin”), a discipline of biology, is the science of heredity and variation in living organisms. Articles (arranged alphabetically) related
Index_of_genetics_articles
Dark blemishes around the eyes
blemishes around the eyes. There are many causes of this symptom, including heredity and bruising. Bony structure and prominence of the orbicularis oculi muscle
Periorbital_dark_circles
Medical test to identify changes in DNA or chromosomes
legal implications that will result from the better understanding of human heredity and the rapid expansion of genetic risk assessment by genetic testing which
Genetic_testing
Nazi court enforcing sterilization
"The Blood of the Nation" (1901/1910) Anticipations (1901) Varuna (1901) Heredity in Relation to Eugenics (1911) Daedalus (1924) La raza cósmica (1925) Marriage
Hereditary_Health_Court
American biologist (1866–1945)
in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on the role of chromosomes in heredity. Morgan received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in zoology in
Thomas_Hunt_Morgan
Monarchs of imperial China
Throughout Chinese history, "Emperor" (Chinese: 皇帝; pinyin: Huángdì) was the superlative title held by the monarchs of imperial China's various dynasties
Emperor_of_China
Medical condition
of factors, including diet, sedentary lifestyle, hormonal balance, or heredity, among others. The causes of cellulite include changes in metabolism, physiology
Cellulite
Biologist who studies genes and genetic technologies and processes
is a biologist or physician who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a scientist
Geneticist
Dutch botanist (1848–1935)
chiefly for suggesting the concept of genes, rediscovering the laws of heredity in the 1890s while apparently unaware of Gregor Mendel's work, for introducing
Hugo_de_Vries
Class of large biomolecules essential to all known life
The Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher discovered the "nuclein", in 1868. Later, he raised the idea that it could be involved in heredity.
Nucleic_acid
Any disease involving degeneration of tissue
degeneration of tissue, due to disease or malnutrition, most likely due to heredity. Muscular dystrophy Duchenne muscular dystrophy Becker's muscular dystrophy
Dystrophy
Change in the heritable traits of populations
give rise to modern evolutionary theory. In this synthesis the basis for heredity is in DNA molecules that pass information from generation to generation
Evolution
German natural scientist, publisher, economist and educator
publisher, economist and educator. He was among the pioneers in the study of heredity whose vision paved the way for the research of Gregor Mendel, the founder
Christian_Carl_André
Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556
Álvarez, "Royal dynasties as human inbreeding laboratories: the Habsburgs." Heredity 111.2 (2013): pp. 114–121 online Archived 4 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine
Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
Species of canine
between Wolf and Shepherd Dog Populations in Georgia (Caucasus)". Journal of Heredity. 105 (3): 345–53. doi:10.1093/jhered/esu014. PMID 24622972. Moura, A. E
Wolf
Academic journal
Genetics is a monthly scientific journal publishing investigations bearing on heredity, genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology. Genetics is published by
Genetics_(journal)
Topics referred to by the same term
dictionary. Genetic may refer to: Genetics, in biology, the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms Genetic, used as an adjective, refers to
Genetic
Species of mosquito
tunnels: differentiation between surface and subterranean populations". Heredity. 82 (1): 7–15. Bibcode:1999Hered..82....7B. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6884120
London_Underground_mosquito
Social classification practised in India
India, as well as in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Qaums have patrilineal heredity, with ranked occupations and endogamy. Membership in a qaum is inherited
Caste_system_in_India
Ancient Scythian religious figure
The Enarei, singular Enaree, were Scythian priestesses and shamanistic soothsayers who played an important role in the Scythian religion. The Enarei were
Enaree
1912 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Scholars have noted several important themes in the novel: the impact of heredity on behavior; racial superiority; civilization, especially as Tarzan struggles
Tarzan_of_the_Apes
German philosopher (1788–1860)
Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher and writer. He is known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation
Arthur_Schopenhauer
Eukaryotes other than animals, plants or fungi
"Appendix: Nomenclature of nutritional types of microorganisms" (PDF). Heredity and Variation in Microorganisms. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative
Protist
American actress (1904?–1977)
condition. It must come from something. Joan said she didn't believe in heredity, but my dad proves her wrong. He, my brother, and my son all look alike
Joan_Crawford
20th-century global conferences
leaders to plan and discuss the application of programs to improve human heredity in the early twentieth century. Assessing the work of Charles Darwin, and
International Eugenics Conference
International_Eugenics_Conference
Scientific hypothesis about inheritance
Lamarck briefly mentioned two traditional ideas in his discussion of heredity, in his day considered to be generally true. The first was the idea of
Lamarckism
such as sequencing entire genomes. The most influential early theories of heredity were that of Hippocrates and Aristotle. Hippocrates' theory (possibly based
History_of_genetics
Cycle of twenty novels by Émile Zola
writer, Zola was highly interested in science and especially the problem of heredity and evolution. He notably read and mentioned the work of the doctor Prosper
Les_Rougon-Macquart
Sequence of DNA that determines traits in an organism
the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcribed
Gene
evolution until well into the 20th century, as most contemporary theories of heredity seemed incompatible with the inheritance of random variation. Wallace,
History_of_biology
Medical condition
through reconstructing the family history to establish an X-linked mode of heredity with an electroretinogram (ERG), which measures the electrical response
Blue-cone_monochromacy
Species of canine native to North America
genetic diversityin recently expanded coyote (Canis latrans) populations". Heredity. 120 (3): 183–195. doi:10.1038/s41437-017-0014-5. PMC 5836586. PMID 29269931
Coyote
Zoroastrian community in the Indian subcontinent
indicator – manifest as several properties – of ethnic identity". Moreover, if heredity were the only factor in a determination of ethnicity, the Parsis would
Parsis
Study of the evolution of life
geographic distribution of species. Gregor Mendel discovered the laws of heredity. R. A. Fisher unified Darwin and Mendel in the modern synthesis. The investigational
Evolutionary_biology
Breed of domestic cat
kidney disease (PKD) is a feline heredity disease, which is highly prevalent in the Persian cat gene pool. The heredity disease has not been found in the
Neva_Masquerade
Species of bird
Evidence of Genetic Admixture and Human-Mediated Dispersal". Journal of Heredity. 105 (1). doi:10.1093/jhered/e. ISSN 0022-1503. Archived from the original
House_sparrow
2026 romantic drama film by Emerald Fennell
ignored "the novel’s very real and present concerns with class, race, and heredity". Caryn James of BBC wrote "Fennell drops in some comic moments, and at
Wuthering_Heights_(2026_film)
Large cat native to the Americas
analysis of a late Pleistocene jaguar from North America". Journal of Heredity. 115 (4): 424–431. doi:10.1093/jhered/esad082. PMC 11235123. PMID 38150503
Jaguar
German evolutionary biologist (1834–1914)
cells. Other cells of the body—somatic cells—do not function as agents of heredity. The effect is one-way: germ cells produce somatic cells and are not affected
August_Weismann
Pseudoscientific Soviet biological theory
People's Republic of China for some years. Mendelian genetics, the science of heredity, developed into an experimentally based field of biology at the start of
Lysenkoism
Country in South Asia
Buddhism and Jainism had arisen, proclaiming social orders unlinked to heredity. Early political consolidations gave rise to the loose-knit Maurya and
India
Race or ethnic-based discrimination
discourse: Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis, which opposed the concept of "blood heredity", prevalent in the 19th century racist discourse. Authors such as Hannah
Racism
Small domesticated carnivorous mammal
PMC 2736126. PMID 19422432. Danforth, C. H. (1947). "Heredity of polydactyly in the cat". The Journal of Heredity. 38 (4): 107–112. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals
Cat
Merging of lineages
symbiogenesis (endosymbiosis), lateral gene transfer, hybridization and infectious heredity. Symbiosis is a close and long-term biological interaction between two
Reticulate_evolution
American geneticist
and Heredity and Human Affairs (1927), in which he compared groups of people based upon the racial categorizations of the time. In his book Heredity and
Edward_Murray_East
Darwin's proposed mechanism for heredity
Pangenesis was Charles Darwin's hypothetical mechanism for heredity, in which he proposed that each part of the body continually emitted its own type of
Pangenesis
Inherited neurodegenerative disorder
including accurate descriptions of the chorea, its progression, and the strong heredity of the disease. In 1846 Charles Rollin Gorman (1817–1879) observed how
Huntington's_disease
Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117
Renaissance, Machiavelli, speaking on the advantages of adoptive succession over heredity, mentioned the five successive good emperors "from Nerva to Marcus" – a
Trajan
Study of genes and heredity in plants
Plant genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in plants. It is generally considered a field of biology and botany, but it intersects
Plant_genetics
Efforts to avoid miscegenation, analogous to an animal breeder seeking purebred animals
Psychiatry, Heredity, and the Fruitless Search for Genes. New York: Algora [ISBN missing] Paul, Diane B. (1995). Controlling Human Heredity, 1865 to the
Racial_hygiene
American political activist (1891–1972)
racial segregation. In 1937, he founded the Pioneer Fund for eugenics and heredity research; he later became its principal benefactor. Draper was born on
Wickliffe_Draper
Species of large semi-aquatic mammal
the common hippopotamus: evidence for a recent population expansion". Heredity. 95 (3): 206–215. Bibcode:2005Hered..95..206O. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800711
Hippopotamus
German physician and racial hygienist (1874–1967)
served as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, and also served as rector of the Frederick William University
Eugen_Fischer
Movement in European drama
flesh and blood; their motivations and actions should be grounded in their heredity and environment. The presentation of a naturalistic play, in terms of the
Naturalism_(theatre)
Eugenics research institute at Cold Spring Harbor, New York
about the American population, serving as a center for eugenics and human heredity research from 1910 to 1939. It was established by the Carnegie Institution
Eugenics_Record_Office
English eugenicist and polymath (1857–1936)
cousin Francis Galton, who was interested in aspects of evolution such as heredity and eugenics. Pearson became Galton's protégé. After Galton's death in
Karl_Pearson
Geneticist and evolutionary biologist (1892–1964)
(with C.A.B. Smith) Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P.) (1938), Victor Gollancz Heredity and Politics (1938), Allen and Unwin "Reply to A.P. Lerner's Is Professor
J._B._S._Haldane
Species of flowering plant in the laurel family
"Tracing the Geographic Origins of Major Avocado Cultivars". Journal of Heredity. 100 (1): 56–65. doi:10.1093/jhered/esn068. PMID 18779226. Archived from
Avocado
Term once used in psychiatry to describe people with intellectual disabilities
eugenic "alarm bells" in his 1912 work, The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness, about those in the population who carried the recessive
Feeble-minded
Genetic disorder
Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Cummings M (2013). Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (10th ed.). Cengage Learning. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-285-52847-2
Down_syndrome
Species of tree
(Ginkgoaceae) based on cpDNA PCR-RFLPs: inference of glacial refugia". Heredity. 94 (4): 396–401. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800616. PMID 15536482. Tang CQ, al
Ginkgo_biloba
Asexual reproduction without fertilization
2021). "Facultative parthenogenesis in California condors". Journal of Heredity. 112 (7): 569–574. doi:10.1093/jhered/esab052. PMC 8683835. PMID 34718632
Parthenogenesis
Study of DNA modifications that do not change its sequence
Waddington coined the term, the physical nature of genes and their role in heredity was not known. He used it instead as a conceptual model of how genetic
Epigenetics
Autonomous territory of Denmark
introductions of the invasive brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) to the Faroe Islands". Heredity. 124 (1): 15–27. Bibcode:2020Hered.124...15P. doi:10.1038/s41437-019-0255-6
Faroe_Islands
Molecule that carries genetic information
Cavendish Laboratory within the University of Cambridge. DNA's role in heredity was confirmed in 1952 when Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase in the Hershey–Chase
DNA
Layer of feathers that covers a bird
Journal of Heredity. 24: 379–383. ^ Mueller, C.D. and Hutt, F.B. 1941 Genetics of the fowl. 12. Sex-linked imperfect albinism, Journal of Heredity. 32, 71–80
Plumage
History of efforts to improve human genetic quality
different fields) to describe the heredity of traits. However, with the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel's laws of heredity, two separate camps of eugenics
History_of_eugenics
Cuban guerilla and doctor (1853–1933)
"The Blood of the Nation" (1901/1910) Anticipations (1901) Varuna (1901) Heredity in Relation to Eugenics (1911) Daedalus (1924) La raza cósmica (1925) Marriage
Eusebio_Hernández_Pérez
communities were referred to as kings, particularly those chosen through heredity. Today, the hereditary chiefs are not sovereign; according to the Supreme
Monarchy_of_Canada
Class of arthropods
evolutionary developmental biology: a case study from insect wings". Journal of Heredity. 95 (5): 382–396. doi:10.1093/jhered/esh064. PMID 15388766. Grimaldi, David
Insect
Congenital excess of melanin in an organism resulting in dark pigment
Journal of Heredity 110:207–12 Grant, B. S., Wiseman L. L., 2002. Recent history of melanism in American peppered moths. Journal of Heredity 93:86-90.
Melanism
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Boy/Male
Scandinavian American
Form of Christopher.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Absorbed in the light of lords Love
Boy/Male
Hebrew
My father is alive.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
Honour
Girl/Female
Latin
Mother of Narcissus.
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
Name of a king.
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend Scandinavian
Son of Arthur.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Goddess Lakshmi
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sikh, Sindhi, Tamil, Traditional
Musical; Music
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Lightening; Ravi River
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n.
That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.
n.
In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation.
n.
One of the smaller vital units of a cell, the bearer of vitality and heredity. See Pangen, in Supplement.
n.
Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.
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An hypothesis advanced by Darwin in explanation of heredity.