English Dictionary

particulate inheritance

名詞

不可算名詞

(genetics) A pattern of inheritance showing that phenotypic traits can be passed from generation to generation through genes, which can keep their ability to be expressed while not always appearing in a descending generation.

日本語の意味

遺伝学における個別遺伝：形質が遺伝子という離散した単位によって親から子に伝わる現象で、これらの遺伝子はその表現能力を保持しながらも、必ずしも子孫世代で表現されるとは限らない。

The researchers explained that particulate inheritance could account for the sudden reappearance of a recessive trait after several generations.

研究者たちは、粒子説による遺伝が、数世代を経て劣性形質が突然再現することを説明できると述べた。

意味（1）

(genetics) A pattern of inheritance showing that phenotypic traits can be passed from generation to generation through genes, which can keep their ability to be expressed while not always appearing in a descending generation.