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.
Characteristics of asexual reproduction:Asexual reproduction involves only one parent.All the offspring are identical to the parent. Asexual reproduction does not involve the process of meiosis and fertilization, hence the process does not require a mate for reproduction. Asexual reproduction involves only one parent. 2  All the off s pring are identical to the parent. 3  Asexual reproduction does not involve the process of meiosis and fertilization, hence the process does not require a mate for reproduction.