noun · uncountable · rare

heredity

наследственность

Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their…Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.

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UK/hɪˈɹɛdɪti/US/həˈɹɛdəti/

» Does a child's musical talent depend on heredity?

Beruht das musikalische Talent eines Kindes auf Vererbung?

Музыкальный талант передается ребенку по наследству?

Зависит ли музыкальный талант ребенка от наследственности?

Meaning

1 senses

(uncountable, usually)Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.
laws of heredity
genetics and heredity
насле́дственностьnaslédstvennostʹ

More definitions

the total of inherited attributes
the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

Examples

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Does a child's musical talent depend on heredity?
ruМузыкальный талант передается ребенку по наследству?
deBeruht das musikalische Talent eines Kindes auf Vererbung?
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We are influenced both by environment and by heredity.
ruНа нас оказывают влияние и окружение, и наследственность.
deWir werden sowohl von der Umwelt als auch von den Genen beeinflußt.
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DNA is the molecule of heredity.
ruДНК - это молекула наследственности.
deDie DNS ist das Molekül der Vererbung.
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This criminal is a victim of his heredity.
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Parents of gifted children hold an unshakeable belief in heredity.
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