| umls-concept:C0017398 | skos:definition | MSH: The branch of science concerned with the means and consequences of transmission and generation of the components of biological inheritance. (Stedman, 26th ed),CSP: branch of science concerned with the means and consequences of transmission and generation of the components of biological inheritance; the study of genes and their heredity.,NCI: The study of genes and heredity. Heredity is the passing of genetic information and traits (such as eye color and an increased chance of getting a certain disease) from parents to offspring.,NCI: The branch of biology that deals with heredity, especially the mechanisms of hereditary transmission and the variation of inherited characteristics among similar or related organisms | lld:umls |
