遺伝
いでん
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
Common word
Meanings
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
Example sentences
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This criminal is a victim of his heredity.
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We are influenced both by environment and by heredity.
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Does a child's musical talent depend on heredity?
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The chromosomes in our cells contain the whole of our genetic material.
後者の能力はすべて遺伝によって私達に伝えられる。つまり、親から受けつぐ遺伝子を通して私たちはそうした能力を受け取るのである。
All of these abilities are passed on to us by genetic transmission; we receive them by way of the genes that we inherit from our parents.
More examples (1)
しかし、言語の場合は、私達が遺伝的に受け継ぐのは、話したり、理解したりする能力だけである。私達が話す特定の1つないし複数の言語は、遺伝ではなく、文化的な伝達によって伝えられるのである。
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.