The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents. Wikipedia

Passing of traits to offspring from its parents or ancestor Wikidata

Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. Wiktionary

Hereditary transmission. Wiktionary (translation)