Through genes, hereditary material is transmitted from generation to generation.
Hereditary refers to that which belongs to or is related to inheritance or what someone obtains from it . The term, which has its roots in the Latin word hereditarĭus, also describes an interest, a habit, some virtue, a vice or an illness that is transmitted between different generations of the same clan.
Genetic inheritance is based on the transmission of physiological, anatomical, etc., particularities of an organism to those who descend from it, through the genetic material found in the nucleus of the cells. The group of all the characteristics that can be transmitted, whose information is located in the genes, is defined as genotype . Its external manifestation, observable in the physical appearance of each individual, however, has been called phenotype .
hereditary material
Regarding hereditary material , it must be said that it is the component of the cells that gives them certain characteristics, in addition to attributing to them a specific function. In the so-called eukaryotic cells, it is located inside the cell nucleus.
In this sense we can state that within the combo of genetics there are what are called hereditary diseases . These are defined because they are transmitted from generation to generation, which means that they are passed from parents to children and so on.
There are many and varied diseases that fall under this name and among them we could highlight, for example, Marfan syndrome . This is defined because the person who suffers from it experiences a singular increase in the length of some of their limbs such as arms or legs. It is transmitted from parents to their offspring, regardless of their gender.
Hemophilia is also one of the most common hereditary diseases and means that the affected citizen is in danger of suffering spontaneous bleeding at any time. They usually occur both in the joints and in other areas such as the digestive system or muscles.
The notion in law
In the field of law , inheritance is understood to be the process framed at the legal level through which a person who dies can transfer his material assets, his rights and his obligations to another or other people, which are officially recognized with the name of heirs .
An heir, experts say, can appear in a will or be the one to whom the law recognizes such legal status.
In Spain there is a hereditary monarchy: the king bequeaths the throne to his son.
hereditary government
Finally, it should be noted that a hereditary monarchy is the type of government that is characterized by recognizing as monarch the heir of the monarch who is no longer in office. This is the most common type of monarchy today, a system where all monarchs belong to the same family and the crown passes from one member to another within the same clan.
This type of monarchy is what we currently have in Spain . Thus, for example, Felipe VI is now reigning, who inherited the throne when his father, Don Juan Carlos I , abdicated.
However, in Europe there are other similar types of hereditary monarchy, as occurs, for example, in the United Kingdom , Sweden or Denmark . In all of them, a family is the one that holds this privilege.