particulate inheritance
noun Genetics.
the inheritance of discrete characters via genes that are independently expressed without the blending of characters from one generation to the next.
Compare
blending inheritance.
Origin of particulate inheritance
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby particulate inheritance
particularity,
particularize,
particularly,
particulars of claim,
particulate,
particulate inheritance,
partier,
parting,
parting is such sweet sorrow,
parting line,
parting of the ways