genetic heritage

collocation in English

meaningsofgeneticandheritage

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genetic
adjective
uk
/dʒəˈnet.ɪk/us
/dʒəˈnet̬.ɪk/
belonging or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) received by each animal or plant from ...
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heritage
noun
uk
/ˈher.ɪ.tɪdʒ/us
/ˈher.ɪ.t̬ɪdʒ/
features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, that were created in the past and still have ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandheritagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgenetic heritage

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The resultant child would thus sharegeneticheritagefrom both partners.
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However, even among the animals in this colony, it is possible thatgeneticheritagemay have played a confounding role.
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Host extensions are most likely to involve host taxa that are closely related and have a considerable sharedgeneticheritage.
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They represent a great variety, a great diversity ofgeneticheritage, of hardy and robust plants and animals.
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Systematic culling causes both the ruin of the farmers involved and the destruction ofgeneticheritage.
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It has also been applied in cloning and in experiments to change thegeneticheritageof individuals.
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Health is the result of ourgeneticheritage, of the lifestyle and environment in which we live.
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I refer to products created using human embryos, or developed from animal-human hybrids or chimeras, and also to pharmaceuticals that change thegeneticheritageof human beings.
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Human dignity is currently under threat from the commercialisation of the human body, interference with the individual'sgeneticheritageand the possibility of creating animal-human hybrids.
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The third priority item is biodiversity and, in particular, the minimum goal of stabilising the existing situation through an agreement ensuring that the world'sgeneticheritageis shared by all.
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Six flowerbeds contain archaic breeds of cereal grains, including barley and wheat, from seeds provided by institutes specializing in the conservation of plantgeneticheritage.
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The wide variability in maturity dates and brood sizes is a result ofgeneticheritage, varying temperatures, and food availability.
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It promotes the private rights of corporations over local communities and theirgeneticheritageand traditional medicines.
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Directed panspermia may be motivated by the desire to perpetuate the commongeneticheritageof all terrestrial life.
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The sample was also very homogenous, as all three children had a similargeneticheritageand environment.
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Cuttings were taken from the documented 1912 trees in 1997 to be used in replacement plantings and thus preserve thegeneticheritageof the grove.
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As with other domestic animals around the world, studies have been carried out on this horse'sgeneticheritage, since it may possess unique characteristics.
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Emerging three months later, she learns of hergeneticheritageand sets off to search for others of her kind.
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In accordance with theoretic background which supports the idea, man is an unfinished being or better his behaviour is not strongly prefixed bygeneticheritage.
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It may be motivated by the desire to perpetuate the commongeneticheritageof all terrestrial life.
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