inheritance

  • 91inheritance — [ɪnˈherɪt(ə)ns] noun [C] property or money that you receive from someone when they die …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 92inheritance — in•her•it•ance [[t]ɪnˈhɛr ɪ təns[/t]] n. 1) something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner s death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy 2) the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring 3) something …

    From formal English to slang

  • 93inheritance — /ɪn herɪt(ə)ns/ noun property which is received from a dead person …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 94inheritance — The transmission of genes and phenotypes from generation to generation …

    Glossary of Biotechnology

  • 95inheritance — /inhehradans/ That which is inherited or to be inherited. Property which descends to heir on the intestate death of another. An estate or property which a person has by descent, as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another, as his heir …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 96inheritance — /inhehradans/ That which is inherited or to be inherited. Property which descends to heir on the intestate death of another. An estate or property which a person has by descent, as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another, as his heir …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 97Y-linked inheritance — Inheritance of genes on the Y chromosome. Since only males normally have a Y chromosome, Y linked genes can only be transmitted from father to son. Y linked inheritance is also called holandric inheritance. It has often been said that little is… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 98maternal inheritance — Inheritance through the maternal cell line, eg. through the oocyte and eggs. Mitochondrial genes are maternally inherited and various other non Mendelian forms of inheritance may also appear as maternal inheritance …

    Dictionary of molecular biology

  • 99cytoplasmic inheritance — Inheritance of parental characters through a non chromosomal means; thus mitochondrial DNA is cytoplasmically inherited since the information is not segregated at mitosis. In a broader sense the organization of a cell may be inherited through the …

    Dictionary of molecular biology

  • 100Holandric inheritance — Inheritance of genes on the Y chromosome. Since only males normally have a Y chromosome, Y linked genes can only be transmitted from father to son. It has often been said that little is known about specific genes that might be Y linked… …

    Medical dictionary