particulate inheritance

noun

, Genetics.

1. the inheritance of discrete characters via genes that are independently expressed without the blending of characters from one generation to the next.

Word History and Origins

Origin of particulate inheritance¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The result is a case of particulate inheritance—the single comb being inherited anteriorly and the oo comb posteriorly.

From Project Gutenberg