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particulate inheritance
noun
, Genetics.
- 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.
From Project Gutenberg
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