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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. the total of inherited attributes Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 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. Source: webster
  5. 5. Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualitiesof parents to their offspring; the biological law by which livingbeings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. SeePangenesis. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n:100 n. the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next n. the total of inherited attributes Source: ecdict

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