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遺伝する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

heredity; genetic inheritance

Refers to the biological transmission of traits from parents to offspring. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to be inherited'.

〈人ひと〉から〈人ひと〉に遺い伝でんするto be genetically passed down from one person to another
この病びょう気きは父ちち親おやから息子むすこに遺い伝でんすることがある。
This illness can be genetically inherited from father to son.
〈事こと〉は遺い伝でんによるものだto be attributable to heredity
彼かれの目めの色いろは遺い伝でんによるものだ。
His eye color is due to heredity.

血けっ統とう
遺伝 is the general biological term for genetic inheritance, while 血統 emphasizes family lineage or pedigree, often used for animals or noble families.
親おや譲ゆずり
遺伝 is the scientific term for genetic inheritance, while 親譲り is the everyday word for any trait, habit, or possession passed down from a parent.

後こう天てん性せい
遺伝 describes traits or conditions passed down genetically from parents, whereas 後天性 describes traits or conditions acquired after birth through environment or experience.

遺い伝でん子しN2
遺伝 refers to the overall process of hereditary transmission, while 遺伝子 is the specific physical unit (a gene) that carries that information.
伝でん染せんN2
遺伝 (heredity, passing traits to offspring) shares the kanji 伝 with 伝染 (contagion, passing disease between individuals) but refers to genetic inheritance, not infection.

遺い伝でん子しN2
gene
遺い伝でん子し組くみ換かえN2
gene recombination; genetic modification · genetically modified; GM
遺い伝でん学がく
genetics
遺い伝でん性せい
hereditary; inherited; genetic
遺い伝でん法ほう
laws of heredity

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From 遺 (leave behind, bequeath) and 伝 (transmit, pass down). The compound directly conveys the idea of traits being passed down through generations.