transcription, транскрипция: [ hə-ˈre-də-tē ]
noun
Etymology: Middle French heredité, from Latin hereditat-, hereditas, from hered-, heres heir — more at heir
Date: circa 1540
1.
a. : inheritance
b. : tradition
2.
a. : the sum of the characteristics and potentialities genetically derived from one's ancestors
b. : the transmission of such qualities from ancestor to descendant through the genes