(n.) Transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring\; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.

Altmann theory DNA DNA double helix De Vries theory Galtonian theory Mendelianism Mendelism RNA Verworn theory Weismann theory Weismannism Wiesner theory allele allelomorph anticodon biotype birth character chromatid chromatin chromosome codon deoxyribonucleic acid determinant determiner diathesis endowment eugenics factor gene gene complex gene flow gene pool genesiology genetic code genetic drift genetics genotype hereditability hereditary character heritability heritage inborn capacity inheritability inheritance mRNA matrocliny messenger RNA nucleotide operator gene operon patrocliny pharmacogenetics recessive character regulator gene replication ribosomal RNA structural gene tRNA transfer RNA