Erbgut
German
editEtymology
editErbe (“heritage”) + Gut (“material”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editErbgut n (strong, genitive Erbgutes or Erbguts, no plural)
- (biology) genetic material
- 2012 April 4, Die Welt[1], archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 20:
- Die kulturellen Bedingungen entscheiden darüber, wie stark die Anlagen im Erbgut zur Entfaltung kommen können.
- The cultural conditions decide about how strongly the dispositions in the genetic material can be developed.
Declension
editDeclension of Erbgut [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Further reading
edit- “Erbgut” in Duden online