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Definition of Nonheritable
1. Adjective. Not inheritable.
Similar to: Acquired, Congenital, Inborn, Innate, Nonhereditary, Nontransmissible, Nurtural
Antonyms: Inheritable
Definition of Nonheritable
1. Adjective. Not heritable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonheritable
Literary usage of Nonheritable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foundations of Biology by Lorande Loss Woodruff (1922)
"... a pure line (ruled out combinations) nothing at all resulted; he was unable
to shift the mode because he was dealing with nonheritable characters. ..."
2. The Next Generation: A Study in the Physiology of Inheritance by Frances Gulick Jewett (1914)
"They are either heritable or nonheritable. No mutations have taught plainer
lessons than do those which Dr. Tower brought about among his American potato ..."
3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"Heritable and nonheritable relationships and variability of oil content and
agronomic characters in the Ft generation of soybean crosses. Agron. ..."
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