theory of inheritance

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

hypernym	:	scientific theory,
definition	:	a theory that explains scientific observations (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	mendelianism, mendelism,
definition	:	the theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	biological science, biology,
definition	:	the science that studies living organisms (noun.cognition)