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heredity

passing of traits to offspring from its parents or ancestor
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heredity

Summary

heredity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (482 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • heredity is a type of evolutionary process[2].
  • heredity's Commons category is recorded as Heredity[3].
  • heredity's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Heredity[4].
  • heredity's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[5].
  • heredity's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • heredity's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • heredity's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • heredity's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[9].
  • heredity's different from is recorded as Q9248364[10].
  • heredity's different from is recorded as inheritance[11].
  • heredity's studied by is recorded as genetics[12].
  • heredity's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].

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Definition and Type

heredity is a type of evolutionary process[2].

Why It Matters

heredity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (482 views/month).[1] heredity has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] heredity is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

genetics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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