Inheritance

Inheritance [ Genetics ]
Adjective: Heritance, Heredity, Transmissibility


	*The capability by which (genetics) traits or quality are inherited via biological heredity by an offspring from ancestors.*

Inheritable (same as Heritable) [ Genetics ]
Synonym: Ancestral, Genetic, Hereditary, Heritable, Transmissible.

Capable of being inherited, as a genetic character passed on from parents to progeny through the chromosomes/DNA. Hereditary.

Genetic attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents or ancestors, for example a trait or gene passed from one generation to the next.

To inherit Transitive verb
(Past and past participle Inherited, present participle Inheriting, 3rd person present singular Inherits)


	To receive a characteristic or quality from a parent (or ancestor) by genetic transmission.