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81cytoplasmic inheritance — Inheritance of characters whose determinants are not located on the chromosomes …
82maternal inheritance — Inheritance controlled by maternal extra chromosomal determinants …
83Mendelian inheritance — Inheritance of characters according to the classical laws formulated by Gregor Mendel, which give the classic ratios of segregation in the F2 generation. In sexually reproducing organisms, any process of heredity explicable in terms of… …
84codominant inheritance — inheritance characterized by full expression of both alleles in heterozygotes …
85quasidominant inheritance — inheritance characterized by an apparently dominant pattern, but actually resulting from the mating of a carrier of a recessive gene with an individual homozygous for the recessive allele …
86quantitative inheritance — Inheritance of measurable traits (height, weight, color intensity) that depend on the cumulative action of many genes, each producing a small effect on the phenotype …
87maternal inheritance — Inheritance controlled by non nuclear genes (e.g. mitochrondria, chloroplast) that are transmitted only through the female line …
88quantitative inheritance — Inheritance of measurable traits that depend on the cumulative action of many genes and/or involve a significant proportion of non genetic determination …
89inheritance — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the act of inheriting property b. the reception of genetic qualities by transmission from parent to offspring c. the acquisition of a possession, condition, or trait from past generations 2. something that is or may… …
90inheritance tax — noun Date: 1841 1. a tax on a decedent s net estate that is levied after the estate is transmitted to the inheritors 2. death tax; especially estate tax …