The term 'transmissible' refers to the ability of a trait or condition to be passed from one generation to the next. This can be done through heredity, inheritance, contagiousness, communicability, FAMILIAL ties, genetics, and PATERNAL influence. Heredity is the passing of traits from parent to offspring, while inheritance is the receiving of those traits. Contagiousness is the ability of a disease or virus to spread from one person to another, while communicability is the ability of an illness to be transmitted from one person to another. FAMILIAL ties refer to the relationship between family members, while genetics is the study of how traits are passed down from one generation to the next. Finally, PATERNAL influence is the effect that a father has on his children. All of these terms are related to the concept of transmissibility.