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genetic endowment

n. the total of inherited attributes [syn: heredity]

Usage examples of "genetic endowment".

A cat lives its life and dies with the same genetic endowment that it was born with.

Since your genetic endowment was assembled from many sources and since all records have been destroyed, I can tell you little.

They recognize the human being has a genetic endowment which may not be, scientifically, canceled out in favor of the predilection of theories developed by men incompetent in physiology.

The only thing I failed to take into my calculations was that the Gorean male, whether by culture or genetic endowment, is unlike the typical man of Earth.

That indicates a less than average genetic endowment for this family.

We can determine genetic endowment directly, but it is not always possible to determine all the synergistic outcomes of a particular gene complex.