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inheritance(noun, life, ancestry, transmission)
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genetics(noun, life, transmission)
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heritage
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lineage(noun, kinship, ancestry)
5
evolution(noun, life, ancestry)
4
descent(noun, line)
4
eugenics(noun, transmission)
4
family(noun, kinship)
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genesiology(noun, transmission)
4
genetic endowment(noun, expression, idiom)
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heritability
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line(noun, ancestry)
3
bequest
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hereditary
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offspring(noun, effect, child, children)
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pedigree(noun, ancestry, heritage)
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ancestry(noun, transmission)
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birth
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blood(noun, kinship)
2
clan(noun, kinship)
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