Hereditary factors
The crossword clue "Hereditary factors" is answered by GENES, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GENES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GENES answer page.
Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DNAS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for GENES
Every other clue in this collection answered by GENES, most used first.
- Trait carriers - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Heredity units - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Heredity carriers - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Heredity factors - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Trait transmitters - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Chromosome components - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Pool contents? - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Hereditary units - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Units of heredity - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Bits of heredity - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Chromosome parts - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Factors in heredity - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Code carriers - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Character parts - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Gift from parents - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Gifts from Mom and Dad - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Pool components - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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