blending inheritance

Noun

Meaning

blending inheritance (uncountable)

(biology, historical) The obsolete theory that progeny inherits any characteristic as the average of the parents' values, so for example crossing a red and a white variety of flower would yield pink-flowered offspring.

Examples

But with blending inheritance, genetic variance would be rapidly lost, making evolution by natural selection implausible. Source: Internet

Various hereditary mechanisms, including blending inheritance were also envisaged without being properly tested or quantified, and were later disputed. Source: Internet

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