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theory of inheritance

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Noun1.theory of inheritance - (biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generations
scientific theory - a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable"
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
Mendelianism, Mendelism - the theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws


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Despite a number of detractors and a few promoters, Mendel's ideas were eventually merged with Thomas Hunt Morgan's chromosome theory of inheritance in 1915 and, thus, became the core of classical genetics.
 
 
 
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