heredity

About 2.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.

   laws of heredity

Similar words

genetic endowment reversional endowment heritability heritage inherit estate inheritance legacy intestacy

Often followed by

and is in of or as was to has

Word family

heredities