Depending upon the grouping of these genes for a particular trait, determines whether or not an individual will inherit a certain disease.

It seems that individuals with schizophrenia inherit problems associated with dopamine in the brain.

It reveals the alleles an individual has inherited from their parents.

Like other genetic diseases, individuals inherit lysosomal storage diseases from their parents.

In humans, for example, eye colour is an inherited characteristic and an individual might inherit the "brown-eye trait" from one of their parents.

These rules were not formalized until 1582; prior to this time, when multiple individuals inherited parts of the same state, they sometimes received a vote each.

Inheritance of acquired traits - individuals inherit the traits of their ancestors.

Those individuals, it now seems, might have inherited only a single copy of the defective gene from one parent.

Only individuals who are Protestants may inherit the Crown.

The green opsin was not inherited by any crown mammals, but all normal individuals did inherit the red one.