inheritance
101pseudoautosomal inheritance — inheritance of traits controlled by genes located in the pseudoautosomal regions of the sex chromosomes and mimicking the patterns of inheritance seen with autosomal genes …
102cytoplasmic inheritance — Inheritance of characters whose determinants are not located on the chromosomes …
103maternal inheritance — Inheritance controlled by maternal extra chromosomal determinants …
104Mendelian inheritance — Inheritance of characters according to the classical laws formulated by Gregor Mendel, which give the classic ratios of segregation in the F2 generation. In sexually reproducing organisms, any process of heredity explicable in terms of… …
105codominant inheritance — inheritance characterized by full expression of both alleles in heterozygotes …
106quasidominant inheritance — inheritance characterized by an apparently dominant pattern, but actually resulting from the mating of a carrier of a recessive gene with an individual homozygous for the recessive allele …
107quantitative inheritance — Inheritance of measurable traits (height, weight, color intensity) that depend on the cumulative action of many genes, each producing a small effect on the phenotype …
108maternal inheritance — Inheritance controlled by non nuclear genes (e.g. mitochrondria, chloroplast) that are transmitted only through the female line …
109quantitative inheritance — Inheritance of measurable traits that depend on the cumulative action of many genes and/or involve a significant proportion of non genetic determination …
110inheritance tax — noun Date: 1841 1. a tax on a decedent s net estate that is levied after the estate is transmitted to the inheritors 2. death tax; especially estate tax …