"inherit" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- For example, when a hybrid inherits traits from its parents that are not fully compatible, fitness can be reduced.
- People can inherit mismatched traits such as jaw size and tooth size.
- If humans share a common evolutionary history with the other animals, it is likely that we inherit mental traits from our evolution.
- Jaw and tooth size are inherited traits that can cause too much or too little room for the teeth.
- By the fifth season, a more mature Andrew has inherited traits that he once ridiculed his mother for having, such as blunt sarcasm.
- Later on the focus was turned to more complex traits - quantitatively inherited traits with high environmental influence.
- Inherited behavioral traits have been honed by natural selection.
- Species inherit traits, which are then passed on to descendants.
- The fact that living things inherit traits from their parents has been used since prehistoric times to improve crop plants and animals through selective breeding.
- Some people have inherited genetic traits that make certain foods taste disgusting.
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