Conventional framing
Inheritance is often treated as the transmission of genetic information or heritable traits, typically formalised through DNA replication and gene-based mechanisms.
APS reframing
APS expands inheritance beyond genetic transmission to include the full organisational context required for viability. Genes are one component of inheritance, but they function within broader systems of developmental, physiological, and ecological organisation that must be re-established for life to persist. What is inherited is not a component or code in isolation, but the organised conditions under which viable systems can be reconstituted.
Key Point
Inheritance in APS is the reliable reconstitution of viable organisation, not merely the transmission of genetic material.