Genetically derived (9)

I believe the answer is:

inherited

(Other definitions for inherited that I've seen before include "Received from forebears" , "Was left" , "Received from an ancestor" , "Came into" , "handed down" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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