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THEORY OF INHERITANCE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does theory of inheritance mean?

• THEORY OF INHERITANCE (noun)
The noun THEORY OF INHERITANCE has 1 sense:

1. (biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generations

Familiarity information: THEORY OF INHERITANCE used as a noun is very rare.

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• THEORY OF INHERITANCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("theory of inheritance" is a kind of...):

scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theory of inheritance"):

Mendelianism; Mendelism (the theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws)

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