LingakuFrequency rank: 22,912. – 23,054.
- heredity; (genetic) inheritance
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; intransitive verb
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- heredity
- (genetic) inheritance
This refers to the genetic transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring, often discussed in the context of genetics and biology.
Heredity refers to the traits passed from parents to children.
This meaning emphasizes the process of receiving genetic traits, often in the context of family lineage and biological traits.
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In ethical terms, a great many people are opposed to gene therapy.
Parents can pass many diseases on to their offspring.
Does a child's musical talent depend on heredity?
5. こうしゃ後者ののうりょく能力はすべていでん遺伝によってわたしたち私達につたえられる伝えられる。つまり、おや親からうけつぐ受けつぐいでんし遺伝子をとおして通してわたしたち私たちはそうしたのうりょく能力をうけとる受け取るのである。
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.
We are influenced both by environment and by heredity.
DNA is a complex chemical that makes up a gene.
A great many people were opposed to gene therapy in terms of ethics.
9. しかし、げんご言語のばあい場合は、わたしたち私達がいでんてき遺伝的にうけつぐ受け継ぐのは、はなしたり話したり、りかい理解したりするのうりょく能力だけである。わたしたち私達がはなす話すとくてい特定のひとつ１つないしふくすう複数のげんご言語は、いでん遺伝ではなく、ぶんかてき文化的なでんたつ伝達によってわたしたち私達につたえられる伝えられるのである。
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.
There seems to be some genetic problem with this animal.
Many consumers are concerned about the health risks of genetically modified food.
The chromosomes in our cells contain the whole of our genetic material.
Do you think it's dangerous to eat genetically modified food?
Without the random mutation of genes there would be no evolution.
You probably eat genetically modified fruits and vegetables all the time without knowing it.