English noun: hereditary pattern | |||
1. | hereditary pattern (attribute) (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents | ||
Synonyms | inheritance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | genetic endowment, heredity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ancestry, derivation, filiation, gene linkage, lineage, linkage, X-linked dominant inheritance, X-linked recessive inheritance | ||
Domain category | genetic science, genetics | ||