To inherit something is to get it from one's ancestors. In the sense of biology or genetics, see Heredity; In the sense of law or society, see Inheritance. Other related archivesHeredity, Inheritance, ancestors, biology, genetics, law, society

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Biological inheritance is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to characteristics of its parent cell or organism. Through inheritance, variations exhibited by individuals can accumulate and cause a species to evolve. Mechanisms of inheritance: Genetic or Mendelian inheritance results from DNA replication and cell division. Epigenetic inheritance results from, among other things, DNA modifications such as gene silencing. non-Mendelian inheritance includes inheritance based on cytoplasmic ...

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This condition is usually inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, which means one copy of the altered gene is sufficient to cause the disorder. In most cases, an affected person has one parent with the condition. A small percentage of cases result from new mutations in the gene; these cases occur in people with no history of the disorder in their family. Some cases of type II and type IV Waardenburg syndrome appear to have an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance, which means two copies of the gene must be altered for a perso ...

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Jerusalem had recently been conquered by Christian Franks in 1099 during the First Crusade, and was ruled by a dynasty from the County of Boulogne in France. Melisende was the heir of this dynasty, and was designated her father's successor before 1129. Women who inherited territory usually did so because war and violence brought many men to premature death, and women who were recognized as queen regnant rarely exercised their authority. Contemporaries of Melisende who did rule, however, included Urraca of Castile (1080-1129), Empress Matilda ...

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In the UK and Republic of Ireland, certain types of traffic are not permitted on motorways. Thus, to avoid people being forced to travel illegally, there are a number of rules about stretches of road which must be designated as motorways. In all cases, there must be an escape route for traffic not wishing or not permitted to enter the motorway. As a result, the motorway technically begins as soon as the escape route has diverged from it; for example at a grade-separated junction, the motorway starts at the junction with the exiting sl ...

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Shi'a Muslims believe that Ali and Fatima, as well as the wives of Muhammad had an additional cause for disaffection with Abu Bakr [2]. The new caliph argued that the Muhammad's considerable landed property had been held by the prophet in trust for the community, and was rightfully the property of the state -- despite Ali's rejoinder that Muhammad's revelations included accounts of prophetic inheritance (Qur'an 27:16, 21:89). Abu Bakr gave state pensions to Muhammad's widows, but Muhammad's blood relatives, Ali, Fatimah and Ibn Abb ...

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Black left all his property to Harry. Independently wealthy and having no great love for the place, Harry immediately gave Grimmauld Place to the Order's use. Kreacher the house-elf was now forced to serve him, which did nothing to help the elf's disposition, and was sent to help at the Hogwarts kitchens. Buckbeak passed into Rubeus Hagrid's care. The whereabouts of the motorcycle are unknown. In point of fact, it has only appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) thus far. However, the moto ...

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Sirius left all his property to Harry. Independently wealthy and having no great love for the place, Harry immediately gave Grimmauld Place to the Order's use. Kreacher the house-elf was now forced to serve him, which did nothing to help the elf's disposition, and was sent to help at the Hogwarts kitchens. Buckbeak passed into Rubeus Hagrid's care. The whereabouts of the motorcycle are unknown. In point of fact, it has only appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) thus far. Hagrid was lent ...

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In theory, every Self object is a stand alone entity. There are no classes, meta-classes and so on to help it do its job. Changes to this object don't affect any other, but in some cases it would be nice if they did. Normally an object can understand only messages corresponding to its local slots, but by having one or more slots indicating parent objects the object can delegate any message it doesn't understand itself to them. Any slot can be made a parent pointer by adding an asterisk as a suffix. In this way Self handles duties that would use inheritance in more traditional languages. It i ...

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In modern genetics, this refers to incomplete dominance. Historically, this was a short-lived 19th century "arm-chair" biological theory of inheritence, primarily discredited by the experiments of Gregor Mendel. It is similar to the modern idea of incomplete dominance in that the offspring will express a blending of the different traits of the parents. However, while incomplete dominance only expresses this blending in the phenotype, keeping the alleles within the heterozygote distinct (and, thus still inheritable in successive genera ...

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Empire will be the third book of the Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini. It is expected to be published in 2007, following the release of Eldest in 2005 and Eragon in 2003. Empire will continue two patterns between the titles: they all begin with the letter 'e' and have six letters. Christopher Paolini has confirmed ([1]) that the cover of Empire will feature a green ferocious dragon looking towards the right. The cover of Eragon featured a blue dragon, Saphira, and the cover of Eldest showed a red dragon, ...

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An art-name (in Japanese, gō) is a pseudonym, or penname, used by a Japanese artist, which they sometimes change. In some cases, artists adopted different gō at different stages of their career, usually to mark significant changes in their life. One of the most extreme examples of this is Hokusai, who in the period 1798 to 1806 alone used no fewer than six. Art-name - Art-Names and Schools. An woodblock print artist's first gō is usually given to them by the head of th ...

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A gotra (lit. "cow-pen" or "cow-shed" in archaic rigvedic Sanskrit) is a named family lineage or clan in India. Gotra - Origins of Gotra. The term 'gotra' is applied generally to all the lineages found in various Indian castes. In South India, gotras are also known as 'bari' (Tulu) or 'illum' (Malayalam). The names of Brahmin and highly Sanskritized non-Brahmin gotras typically are taken from great sages, however, other castes have different names for their gotras. Gotra could be one of the ancient ' ...

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Waardenburg syndrome is a genetic disorder associated with hearing loss and changes in skin and hair pigmentation. The syndrome is named for Dutch ophthalmologist Petrus Johannes Waardenburg who first described it. Pigmentation changes may include irises of varying color (heterochromia), or a patch of white or grey hair. Hearing loss may be absent, moderate, or profound. Waardenburg syndrome - Types of Waardenburg syndrome. There are several subtypes of the syndrome, traceable to different gen ...

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Arabidopsis thaliana, commonly called arabidopsis, Thale Cress, or Mouse-ear Cress, a small flowering plant related to cabbage and mustard, is one of the model organisms for studying plant sciences, including genetics and plant development. It plays the role for agronomy that mouse and fruit fly (Drosophila) play in human biology. Arabidopsis thaliana - Model organism. Although arabidopsis has little agronomic significance, it has several advantages that made it the model for und ...

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Cryptorchidism is a medical term referring to absence from the scrotum of one or both testes. This usually represents failure of the testis to move, to "descend," during fetal development from an abdominal position, through the inguinal canal, into the ipsilateral scrotum. About 3% of full-term infant boys are born with at least one undescended testis, making cryptorchidism the most common birth defect of male genitalia. A testis absent from the normal scrotal position can be: found anywhere along the "path ...

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• Cryptorchidism - Normal fetal testicular development and descent
• Cryptorchidism - Causes of cryptorchidism
• Cryptorchidism - Inheritance and recurrence risk of cryptorchidism
• Cryptorchidism - Associations
• Cryptorchidism - Diagnostic evaluation
• Cryptorchidism - Management of cryptorchidism
• Cryptorchidism - Later fertility
• Cryptorchidism - Later cancer risk

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Inherit the Wind portrays the Cates/Scopes character as unfairly persecuted. In the actual event, although the ACLU was certainly looking for a teacher to figure in a test case, it was a group of Dayton businessmen who persuaded Scopes to be volunteer, in the hope that the publicity surrounding the trial would help to revive the town's ailing economy and status. Scopes was never jailed or even in the slightest danger of being jailed. Inherit the Wind has been criticized for unfairly portraying or stereotyping Christians ...

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Inherit the Wind, in both the movies and the play, takes much poetic license, meaning that the writers do not try to present things as they actually happened, but instead use key events to craft a story, embellishing them according to the needs of drama. It is, like Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, a social drama, which is a literary device wherein historical events are retold as an exploration of events and ideas of the times. In this case, authors merely use the historical Scopes trial as the background for a drama that com ...

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The play has been made into three made-for-television movies and a 1960 screen film. The movie stars Spencer Tracy (Drummond), Fredric March (Brady), Gene Kelly (Hornbeck), Dick York (Cates), Harry Morgan (Judge), Donna Anderson (Rachel Brown), Claude Akins (Rev. Brown), Noah Beery Jr. (Stebbins), Florence Eldridge (Mrs. Brady) and Jimmy Boyd. It was adapted by Nedrick Young (originally as Nathan E. Doug ...

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