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genetisches Erbteil

English translation: genetic inheritance

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German term or phrase:genetisches Erbteil (see context)
English translation:genetic inheritance
Entered by: djordi

19:44 Jan 5, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy
German term or phrase: genetisches Erbteil
in the context of a scholarly essay on biological racism

"eine Korrelation zwischen dem genetischen Erbteil einerseits und den intellektuellen Fähigkeiten andererseits....."

gibt es eine Standardausdruck dafür - ich kann nur an "genetic legacy" denken
Mag. Sabine Senn
Local time: 15:04
genetic inheritance
Explanation:
(m)ein vorschlag.
viel glück, :)
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djordi
Local time: 15:04
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Danke an alle.
Im Zusammenhang mit biologischem Rassisimus im 19. Jahrhundert passt genetic inheritance sehr gut und scheint auch in der Diskussion verwendet worden zu sein.
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2 +4inherited genetic traits
Jonathan MacKerron
4genetically inherited traits
Gauri Shringarpure
2 +1genetic inheritance
djordi
3Genome
Elisabeth Moser


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +4
inherited genetic traits


Explanation:
for starters

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  KARIN ISBELL
8 mins
agree  Kcda: Excellent! It seems so simple to answer but it actually isn't the case at all IMO. The word "traits" brings the required/crucial meaning to the Eng. term. By the way where is the main meal and dessert? - I am just kidding :)
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agree  franglish
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agree  Michelle Hertrich
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
genetic inheritance


Explanation:
(m)ein vorschlag.
viel glück, :)


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics#Features_of_inheritanc...
djordi
Local time: 15:04
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 4
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Danke an alle.
Im Zusammenhang mit biologischem Rassisimus im 19. Jahrhundert passt genetic inheritance sehr gut und scheint auch in der Diskussion verwendet worden zu sein.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gauri Shringarpure: crisp and simple
1 day 3 hrs
  -> धन्यवाद, gauri! :)
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genetically inherited traits


Explanation:

...close to what Jonathan suggested, but this is a more common expression.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-05 21:26:38 GMT)
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...or simply "genetic traits" - if it's genetic, it's got to be inherited.

Gauri Shringarpure
United States
Local time: 06:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Genome


Explanation:

Here are definitions of what a genome is and I believe this is what is meant -- given it is a paper about biology:

Definitions of Genome on the Web:

* The complete package of genetic material for a living thing, organized in chromosomes. A copy of the genome is found in most cells.
ehrweb.aaas.org/ehr/books/glossary.html

* All of the genetic information or hereditary material possessed by an organism; the entire genetic complement of an organism.
www.ehsc.orst.edu/outreach/glossary.html

* All the DNA contained in an organism or a cell, which includes both the chromosomes within the nucleus and the DNA in mitochondria.
www.abc.net.au/science/slab/genome2001/glossary.htm

* the complete set of genetic information contained in the DNA of an organism.
www.esr.cri.nz/competencies/forensicscience/dna/DNAglossary...

plus there are tons of articles about genome and intellectual capacities etc.

Social intelligence, innovation, and enhanced brain size in primates - all 12 versions »
SM Reader, KN Laland - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
... linked, with the maternal genome making a ... brain-size measures predict intellectual
capacity is lacking ... asocial learning, the correlation between social learning ...
Cited by 109 - Related Articles - Web Search

The Genetics of Genius - all 3 versions »
D Lykken - 1998 - cogprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk
... one explain the strong association between these differences ... important way in which
the genome exerts its ... the developing child through the correlation or the ...
Cited by 45 - Related Articles - Cached - Web Search

Designing Babies: Morally Permissible Ways to Modify the Human Genome - all 2 versions »
N Agar - Bioethics, 1995 - Blackwell Synergy
... to a common mistake amongst writers on the Human Genome Project.17 ... and third world
inhabitants; a fairly close correlation exists between average life ...
Cited by 4 - Related Articles - Web Search

http://www.uni-protokolle.de/nachrichten/id/115906/
"Erbteil" wird dem Genom gleichgesetzt

Elisabeth Moser
United States
Local time: 09:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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