- heredity; (genetic) inheritance
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; intransitive verb
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All of these abilities are passed on to us by genetic transmission; we receive them by way of the genes that we inherit from our parents.
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
You probably eat genetically modified fruits and vegetables all the time without knowing it.
You probably eat genetically modified fruits and vegetables all the time without knowing it.