наследственность
имя существительное наследственность Например: to be transmitted by heredity — передаваться по наследству
noun Etymology: Middle French heredité, from Latin hereditat-, hereditas, from hered-, heres heir — more at heir 1. a. inheritance b. tradition 2. a. the sum of the characteristics and potentialities genetically derived from one's ancestors b. the transmission of such qualities from ancestor to descendant through the genes