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.
the term describing the tendency for a physical or mental condition or disorder to be able to be inherited by the next generation. Also called hereditary predisposition.GENETIC PREDISPOSITION: Joe's family has a genetic predisposition to be tall and thin.. No related posts.he term describing the tendency for a physical or mental condition or disorder to be able to be inherited by the next generation. Also called hereditary predisposition.