With sole custody, one parent gets legal and physical custody of a child. In a joint custody situation, both parents share legal and physical child custody. In Florida, joint custody is called shared parental responsibility, and both parents must approve all decisions related to the child.
&nbsp. Biology Dictionary. Definition: The obsolete theory that offspring can inherit physical or behavioral characteristics from a parent that the parent acquired during its life.iology Dictionary. Definition: The obsolete theory that offspring can inherit physical or behavioral characteristics from a parent that the parent acquired during its life.
heredity. n, pl-ties. 1. (Biology) the transmission from one generation to another of genetic factors that determine individual characteristics: responsible for the resemblances between parents and offspring. 2. (Biology) the sum total of the inherited factors or their characteristics in an organism. geneagenetic, adj. genetics. 1. Biology. the science of heredity, studying resemblances and differences in related organisms and the mechanisms which explain these phenomena. 2. the genetic properties and phenomena of an organism. â geneticist, n.