( ( ( This type ) ( of cancer ) ) ( susceptibility ( ( is ( inherited ( as ( an ( autosomal ( dominant trait ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT This) (NN type)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN cancer)))) (ADVP (RB susceptibility)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN inherited) (PP (IN as) (NP (DT an) (JJ autosomal) (JJ dominant) (NN trait))))) (. .)))
This type of cancer susceptibility is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait.
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Inherited) (NNS traits)) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NP (NNS features)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN passed) (PP (IN from) (NP (CD one) (NN generation))) (PP (TO to) (NP (DT the) (JJ next))))))))) (. .)))