particulate inheritance

noun

A pattern of inheritance showing that phenotypic traits can be passed from generation to generation through genes, which can keep their ability to be expressed while not always appearing in a descending generation.

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Meanings

nounparticulate inheritance (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyA pattern of inheritance showing that phenotypic traits can be passed from generation to generation through genes, which can keep their ability to be expressed while not always appearing in a descending generation.
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