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heredity

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n.遗传,形质遗传

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her=heir(继承人)

heredity


/hɪ'redətɪ; hə`rɛdətɪ/
n [U]
(a) passing on of physical or mental characteristics from parents to children 遗传
*[attrib 作定语] heredity factors 遗传因素.
(b) such characteristics in a particular person 某人来自遗传的特徵
*part of one's heredity 来自遗传的部分特徵.

heredity


n[U]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French;Origin: hérédité, from Latin hereditas, from heres; HEIR]
the process by which mental and physical qualities are passed from a parent to a child before the child is born
genetics
1. Heredity is controlled by genes.
    遗传是由基因控制的。

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