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particulate inheritance

noun

, Genetics.
  1. the inheritance of discrete characters via genes that are independently expressed without the blending of characters from one generation to the next.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of particulate inheritance1

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example Sentences

The result is a case of particulate inheritance—the single comb being inherited anteriorly and the oo comb posteriorly.

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