blending inheritance

American  

noun

Genetics.

1. inheritance in which contrasting parental characters appear as a blend in the offspring.

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Etymology

Origin of blending inheritance

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

The existence of dominant and recessive alleles for a trait contradicted nineteenth-century theories of blending inheritance: the hybrids that Mendel had generated did not possess intermediate features.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It does not fall wholly into the class of blending inheritance, for it does segregate to a considerable extent, yet some of the factors may show blending.

From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul