inherited trait

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• trait — [treı, treıt US treıt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: act of pulling, trait , from Latin tractus; TRACT] formal a particular quality in someone s character personality/character traits ▪ a mental illness associated with particular… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Trait — In genetics, a trait refers to any genetically determined characteristic. In technical terms, a genetic trait is amenable to segregation analysis rather than quantitative analysis. A dominant lethal trait is a trait that is expressed if present… …   Medical dictionary

• Trait (biology) — A trait is a distinct phenotypic character of an organism that may be inherited, environmentally determined or somewhere in between.Lawrence, Eleanor (2005) Henderson s Dictionary of Biology . Pearson, Prentice Hall. ISBN 0 13 127384 1] For… …   Wikipedia

• trait — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ admirable, attractive, desirable ▪ negative, undesirable ▪ human ▪ Her boss did not display any human traits …   Collocations dictionary

• Trait, dominant lethal — A genetic trait that, if present in the genome of the individual, is expressed and therefore precludes the individual s having descendants. All such cases with a dominant lethal trait must necessarily be sporadic and must represent new mutations …   Medical dictionary

• inherited — adj. Inherited is used with these nouns: ↑characteristic, ↑disease, ↑disorder, ↑tradition, ↑trait, ↑wealth …   Collocations dictionary

• trait — [[t]treɪt[/t]] brit. also [[t]treɪ[/t]] n. 1) a distinguishing characteristic or quality, esp. of one s personal nature: bad traits[/ex] 2) an inherited feature or characteristic: a recessive trait[/ex] 3) a pencil stroke 4) a touch or trace •… …   From formal English to slang

• trait — noun Etymology: Middle French, literally, act of drawing, from Latin tractus more at tract Date: 1589 1. a. a stroke of or as if of a pencil b. touch, trace 2. a. a distinguishing quality (as of personal character) < curiosity is one of her… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• trait — /treɪt / (say trayt), /treɪ / (say tray) noun 1. an inherited physical mark or feature. 2. a distinguishing quality (as of personal character): bad traits of character. 3. Rare a stroke or touch, as of a pencil or brush. {late Middle English,… …  

• sex-linked trait — an inherited trait determined by a gene on a sex chromosome, and therefore having a different pattern of expression in males and females; the term is usually used to denote an X linked trait …   Medical dictionary

• dominant trait — an inherited trait that is phenotypically expressed even when the mutant allele is present in the heterozygous state. Cf. recessive t …   Medical dictionary