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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He said that three factors had caused my arteries to be blocked: heredity , poor diet, and lack of exercise.
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In their efforts to curb immorality purists carefully distanced themselves from a world view totally determined by heredity .
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Other factors such as heredity and the physical environment play a major role as well.
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Remember what we said about heredity ?
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The experimental study of heredity led Bateson to breeding studies and soon to the newly rediscovered laws of Mendelian heredity.
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The prevailing theory held that protein was most likely the material conveying heredity .