HEREDITY in a Sentence

Learn HEREDITY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for HEREDITY, such as:

1. She believes in heredity and hierarchy.
2. Radiation has a strong effect on the heredity of fruit flies.
3. The moral characters of men are formed not by heredity but by environment.
4. Modern medical search results have proved that some diseases are present by heredity.
5. For his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1933.

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heredity
 n.  genetics; inheritance; genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring
Classic Sentence:
1  She believes in heredity and hierarchy.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE?
2  For the old parties who clung to heredity by the grace of God, think that revolutions, having sprung from the right to revolt, one has the right to revolt against them.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
Example Sentence:
1  Radiation has a strong effect on the heredity of fruit flies.
2  The moral characters of men are formed not by heredity but by environment.
3  Modern medical search results have proved that some diseases are present by heredity.
4  For his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1933.