to begin to have responsibility for a problem or situation that previously existed or belonged to another person:
Mendelian inheritance
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Mendelian inheritance (Also known as Mendelian genetics or Mendelism)is a scientific description of how hereditary characteristics are passed from parent organisms to their offspring; it underlies much of genetics--or the study of [heredity] and the variation of inheredited characteristics. The term came from one of [Gregor] [Mendels] works which was published in the mid 1800s, more specifically 1865-1866. Certain interpretations of Mendelian inheritance started the concept of Eugenics.
Mendelian inheritance meaning & definition 1 of Mendelian inheritance.
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