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genetic endowment

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Noun1.genetic endowment - the total of inherited attributes
heredity
property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"
hereditary pattern, inheritance - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents


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Exactly what proportion of each achievement is determined by one's genetic endowment and what proportion by one's own effort is, of course, not yet known.
Talking about training: achieving success by Jonas, Steven / AMAA Journal
Culture and behavior, this example seems to suggest, are much more important to determining human lifespan than genetic endowment.
LIFE SCRIPT: How the Human Genome Discoveries Will Transform Medicine ... by LONGMAN, PHILLIP J. / Washington Monthly
D'Souza, incidentally, says parents shouldn't be allowed to alter their children's genetic endowment, because this would subvert the child's "self-determination.
The Abolition of Man? by Walker, Jesse / Reason
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