How to Use heredity in a Sentence

heredity

noun
  • Heredity plays no part in the disease.
  • When asked her secrets to a long life, one is heredity.
    — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • At the dawn of the 20th century, scientists came to limit the word heredity to genes.
    — Jennifer Raff, New York Times, 31 May 2018
  • There is much to be said for heredity’s tethers, and for the writers who unravel them.
    — Julian Lucas, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2017
  • There are some factors that help a musician get started – and heredity could be one of them.
    — Bryan Nichols, The Conversation, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Of the different causes of hair loss, heredity is the most common culprit.
    — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Special to the Courier Journal In the past, little was known about the cause of heart disease, and the belief was that bad heredity and aging were key factors.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Even Riverdale's creator has teased the significance of the twins' heredity on Twitter.
    — Hanna Lustig, Teen Vogue, 1 Oct. 2018
  • So the book ends a far sight from where it’s begun, having sloughed off simplistic questions about heredity.
    — Colin Dickey, The New Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Even so, the impact of age and bad heredity can be greatly reduced by following a healthy lifestyle.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Factors like diet, heredity, and thyroid levels can play a role as well.
    — Amanda MacMillan / Health, Time, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Factors like diet, heredity, and thyroid levels can play a role as well.
    — Amanda MacMillan / Health, Time, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Factors like diet, heredity, and thyroid levels can play a role as well.
    — Amanda MacMillan / Health, Time, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Factors like diet, heredity, and thyroid levels can play a role as well.
    — Amanda MacMillan / Health, Time, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Factors like diet, heredity, and thyroid levels can play a role as well.
    — Amanda MacMillan / Health, Time, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Factors like diet, heredity, and thyroid levels can play a role as well.
    — Amanda MacMillan / Health, Time, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Factors like diet, heredity, and thyroid levels can play a role as well.
    — Health.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Factors like diet, heredity, and thyroid levels can play a role as well.
    — Amanda MacMillan / Health, Time, 30 Oct. 2017
  • The impact of heredity on life span has turned out to be about as big as its influence on developing high blood pressure.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 16 June 2017
  • Science had just begun its quest to discern the mysteries of heredity.
    — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Aug. 2017
  • Did Kim, a third-generation heredity leader, think Trump would share his love for lavish gestures and things grandiose?
    — Kim Tong-Hyung, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • Did Kim, a third-generation heredity leader, think Mr. Trump would share his love for lavish gestures and things grandiose?
    — CBS News, 2 June 2018
  • In cancer, the interplay between environment, heredity and random chance is a bit like pulling the lever on a slot machine.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2017
  • The structure gave evidence that DNA is the carrier of heredity and showed how the molecule replicates itself.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 July 2017
  • Mengele saw himself as a serious man of science, plumbing the mysteries of heredity to perfect the Volk.
    — David Margolick, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Yet mitochondria never gave up their own form of heredity.
    — Carl Zimmer, STAT, 30 May 2018
  • Our interest in heredity is testament to a deep human concern with generations past, and those yet to come.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 19 June 2018
  • Maybe not The study offers some hints that previous estimates of how much your genes impact your longevity may have given heredity a little too much credit.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Because there were so many connections, even among very distant relatives, the team was able to rule out the effects of people living in the same household and look for patterns that could be attributed to heredity.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Benjamin Franklin needed data on lightning strikes to improve humans’ understanding of electricity; Gregor Mendel needed data on pea plants to discover rules of heredity.
    — Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2021

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