Genetic material and information passed on from individuals of one generation to the next. Genetic material and hereditary are not synonymous; for example, a fertilized egg contains much cytoplasm that is non-genetic. Also, material passed from the mother to the embryo via the placenta is in a sense hereditary, but again not genetic. <\/p>\n
See Behavior genetics<\/a>, Co-twin method<\/a>, Cytoplasm<\/a>, Heritability<\/a>, Menarche<\/a>, Mendelian genetics<\/a>, Nature-nurture debate<\/a>, Non-shared environmental influences<\/a>, Nucleic acid<\/a>, Oligogenic mode of inheritance<\/a>, Placenta<\/a>, Self-differentiation<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Genetic material and information passed on from individuals of one generation to the next. Genetic material and hereditary are not synonymous; for example, a fertilized egg contains much cytoplasm that is non-genetic. Also, material passed from the mother to the embryo via the placenta is in a sense hereditary, but again not genetic. See Behavior … <\/p>\n