as in blood
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the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to a child
Heredity plays no part in the disease.
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Recent Examples of heredity
However, heredity, genetics, and environmental factors may also have an impact.
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Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
Even so, the impact of age and bad heredity can be greatly reduced by following a healthy lifestyle.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2024
Benjamin Franklin needed data on lightning strikes to improve humans’ understanding of electricity; Gregor Mendel needed data on pea plants to discover rules of heredity.
—Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2021
However, when each individual child reaches their final height depends on a variety of factors including their personal puberty timeline, heredity, nutrition, and medical history.
—Maria Carter, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
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The team, which includes scientists and researchers from Harvard, UCLA, UC Davis and USC, took blood samples from 20 firefighters from Northern California who traveled to help contain both blazes.—
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The condition can lead to serious and potentially fatal outcomes if the clot dislodges and gets stuck in a lung artery, preventing blood flow.—
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The victim’s profile was loaded into two consumer genealogy databases, GEDmatch and Family Tree DNA.—
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Barak said the companies' downfall was due to market saturation, fewer consumers interested in recreational genealogy and rising consumer wariness about how their sensitive data is handled.—
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As the name suggests, Star VII was the seventh reindeer in the line of succession.—
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Wright stepped in when the Knicks lost Brunson, McBride, and Payne in quick succession.—
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While Rob and Jim both served long tenures on Walmart’s board, Alice has mostly focused her energy on pursuits such as art curation, horse breeding and philanthropy.—
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Warming temperatures and moist soils are the perfect breeding environment for insects to emerge.—
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This includes genetic information, biological DNA samples, health information, ancestry and genealogy information, personal contact information, payment and billing information, and other information, such as messages that genetic relatives can send each other through the platform.—
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The prospect of highly sensitive genetic, ancestry and account information being sold to an unknown buyer who may use it in ways customers had not anticipated causes anxiety for some.—
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Women will learn what bodily changes to expect after giving birth, how to prepare for childbirth and how to maximize recovery.—
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The program covers more than 40% of all births in the country and nearly two-thirds of nursing home stays.—
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Started in 2003, the National Do Not Call Registry is a government database of phone numbers from individuals and families who have requested not to be contacted by telemarketers.—
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This can create stigma that directly affects patients with ASD, as well as their families.—
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FanDuel Racing has race previews, analysis and picks.—
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At Large seat that was up in 2007, but withdrew before the primary in a race that Cindy Circo later won.—
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“Heredity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heredity. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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