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English noun: theory of inheritance

1. theory of inheritance (cognition) (biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generations


Broader (hypernym)scientific theory


Narrower (hyponym)Mendelianism, Mendelism


Domain categorybiological science, biology









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