The term that collectively refers to the three principles described by Gregor Mendel that together summarize his extensive experiments studying the patterns of heredity for acquired characteristics.

Common reasons for disclaiming an inheritance include not wishing to pay taxes on the assets or ensuring that the inheritance ...

An inheritance tax is a levy potentially paid by the recipient of assets inherited from a deceased individual. Just five states have an inheritance tax as of 2025. An inheritance tax is a tax ...

An accepted theory that chromosomes are the material of inheritance, and that they are associated in paternal-maternal pairings; dervied from the collective work of Boveri, Sutton, and Morgan.