A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with good genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with bad genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.
The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
The passing of title to an estate upon death.
The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited
That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.