Particulate inheritance is a pattern of inheritance discovered by Mendelian theorists (or by Gregor Mendel himself) showing that characteristics can be passed from generation to generation through "discrete particles" (now known as genes). These particles can keep their ability to be expressed while not always appearing in a descending generation.
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“Every third year you shall bring out the full tithe of your produce for that year, and store it within your towns; the Levites, because they have no allotment or inheritance with you, as well as the resident aliens, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work that you undertake.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 14:28,29.