Historical Examples. 1  Folk of the land it had lapped in flame, with bale and brand. 2  Over these they lapped thinner ones, which gave us great pain. 3  So I lapped thee in blankets and brought thee, to-morrow is a se'nnight. 4  The stores of corn and fruit were lapped by millions of crimson tongues.
Heredity is the genetic information passing for traits from parents to their offspring, either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. This is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parent cell or organism.
heredity. the transmission of genetic traits from parents to offspring. The hereditary material is DNA in the ovum and sperm, so that the offspring's heredity is determined at the moment of conception.Inside the nucleus of each germ cell are structures called chromosomes.eredity. the transmission of genetic traits from parents to offspring. The hereditary material is DNA in the ovum and sperm, so that the offspring's heredity is determined at the moment of conception.