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Uncommon card · Nature
Heredity, an Uncommon card
Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of genetic information from parents to their offspring.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 88,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Heredity quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Heredity card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The study of heredity in biology is ______.
Answer
genetics. The study of heredity in biology is genetics. From the Heredity article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Coffeehouse. Coffeehouse 84 · Knot theory 78 · Radio broadcasting 74 · Heredity 71 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It may occur through sexual or asexual reproduction, where new cells are produced from either individual cells underdoing cell division or two cells combining genomes, respectively.
- Through heredity, genetic variations in populations can accumulate and cause species to evolve by natural selection.
- The study of heredity in biology is genetics.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Heredity article was read about 88,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Heredity
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Roy AcuffUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 67
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- "I AM" ActivityUncommon · Society · ATK 70 DEF 69
- ProphecyUncommon · Society · ATK 75 DEF 64
- Low-pressure areaUncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 68
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Heredity (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Original: Darekk2 , SVG: Palosirkka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
