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| The genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring. |
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| a distinguishing characteristic or quality, esp. of one's personal nature: bad traits of character. |
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Biology. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment. |
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| a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism. |
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| an act, process, or instance of fertilizing. |
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