quantitative inheritance

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noun Genetics.

the process in which the additive action of numerous genes results in a trait, as height, showing continuous variability.

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Origin of quantitative inheritance

First recorded in 1925–30

The cops say Kakehi gained several hundred million yen in inheritance from the deaths over the years.
Beware of Japan’s “Black Widows”|Jake Adelstein|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What I assume is that we will come to a final peaceful settlement in which we agree on the value of the inheritance.
In Tussle Over Will, Mistress’s Family Takes a Bite Out of NYU|Anthony Haden-Guest|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That is to say, the ancestral genes, the ancestral strain of inheritance, appears again in these little children.
Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween|Joseph Campbell|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Among boomers who will receive an inheritance, the top 10 percent will receive more than every other decile combined.
Trustafarians Want to Tell You How to Live|Joel Kotkin|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In some ways the emerging age of inheritance stems from the success Americans enjoyed over the past half century.
Trustafarians Want to Tell You How to Live|Joel Kotkin|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Quantitative estimation does not furnish much of definite clinical value.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Quantitative estimation of the total sulphates yields little of clinical value.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
We suffer, nearly all of us, from a lack of quantitative grasp and from an imperfect grasp of form.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells