blending inheritance

noun

, Genetics.

1. inheritance in which contrasting parental characters appear as a blend in the offspring.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blending inheritance¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

This notion—blending inheritance—was already familiar to most biologists: it was a restatement of Aristotle’s theory of mixing between male and female characters.

From Literature

The existence of dominant and recessive alleles for a trait contradicted nineteenth-century theories of blending inheritance: the hybrids that Mendel had generated did not possess intermediate features.

From Literature

Blending Inheritance, inheritance in which the characters of the parents seem to blend in the offspring.

From Project Gutenberg

It does not fall wholly into the class of blending inheritance, for it does segregate to a considerable extent, yet some of the factors may show blending.

From Project Gutenberg