The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word INHERITANCE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2003.
Genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, collectively crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| INHERITANCE | 100 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, collectively
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mutation
- gene
- heredity
- hereditary
- inheritance
- descent
- breed
- house
- color
- generation
- blood
- bloods
Crossword Answer definitions
INHERITANCE noun- The passing of title to an estate upon death.
- That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
- The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited
- (genetic algorithms) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
- The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
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