heredity

英 [həˈredəti]

美 [həˈredəti]

n.  遗传(过程); 遗传特征

TOEFLTEM8医学

BNC.22600 / COCA.20183

牛津词典

noun

• 遗传（过程）；遗传特征
  the process by which mental and physical characteristics are passed by parents to their children; these characteristics in a particular person
  1. the debate over the effects of heredity and environment
     有关遗传与环境影响的辩论

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 遗传（过程）
  Heredityis the process by which features and characteristics are passed on from parents to their children before the children are born.
  1. Heredity is not a factor in causing the cancer.
     这种癌症和遗传无关。

英英释义

noun

• the total of inherited attributes
  Synonym:genetic endowment
• the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

双语例句

• Heredity and environment are both important.
  遗传与环境两者都很重要。
• Heredity is not a factor in causing the cancer.
  这种癌症和遗传无关。
• We supposed the genes controlling the aubergine leaf character as the HH, and got its heredity model.
  我们假定控制紫红叶性状的基因为HH，并进行了其遗传模式的推导。
• Gene: Unit of heredity that occupies a fixed position on a chromosome.
  基因：在染色体上占据固定位置的遗传单位。
• The relative effects of heredity and environment are most clearly observable in identical twins.
  遗传和环紧的相对影响在同卵双胞胎中最易观察到。
• This finding suggests that there is a secondary molecular mechanism of heredity.
  这一发现提示了第二种遗传分子机制的存在。
• Genes are the smallest units of heredity.
  基因是遗传的最小单位。
• The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms.
  生物学中研究遗传与生物体演变的分支。
• This is because the determinants of heredity maintain their integrity generation by generation.
  这是因为遗传因子一代又一代地保存它们的完整性。
• Tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity.
  通常是通过遗传而在其家族成员中发生。