Soft inheritance — is the term coined by Ernst Mayr to include such ideas as Lamarckism. It contrasts with modern ideas of inheritance, which Mayr called hard inheritance. Since Mendel, modern genetics has held that the hereditary material is impervious to… … Wikipedia
Multiple inheritance — is a feature of some object oriented computer programming languages in which a class can inherit behaviors and features from more than one superclass. Languages that support multiple inheritance include: C++, Common Lisp (via CLOS), EuLisp (via… … Wikipedia
Mendelian inheritance — For a non technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to genetics. Part of a series on Genetics Key components Chromosome DNA • RNA Genome Heredity … Wikipedia
The Inheritance (Dragonlance novels) — context infobox Book | name = The Inheritance image caption = The Inheritance book cover author = Nancy Varian Berberick cover artist = Bradley Williams country = United States language = Classics series = Dragonlance genre = Fantasy novel… … Wikipedia
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck — Portrait of Jean Baptiste Lamarck Born August 1, 1744 … Wikipedia
Heredity — is the passing of traits to offspring. This is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parent cell or organism. Through heredity, variations exhibited by individuals can… … Wikipedia
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Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet — FRCS FRS (July 16 1783–July 05 1867) was an English surgeon who became President of the Royal College of Surgeons of London and Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen. As a young man he published two books of his lectures which contained pre Darwinian… … Wikipedia
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
