The phrase "bear characteristics" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use this phrase to describe how someone or something exhibits certain traits or qualities, for example: The young boy bears characteristics of determination and resilience.
Yazd traditional buildings are examples of Iranian architecture that bear characteristics of environmentally friendly buildings.
Although it is not, strictly speaking, an Albinoni composition, it does bear characteristics of the Italian Baroque style, particularly in its overall structure.
Viruses that cause acute disease tend to bear characteristics that make them very contagious, as survival does not derive from chronicity of infection, but spread of disease throughout the herd.
Rock cresses are often erect or mound-forming and bear characteristic long, narrow seedpods, called siliques.
The genitalia of both sexes are often complex and bear characteristic spines, teeth, setae, and scale tufts.
Fired cartridge cases and bullets bear characteristic marks, which enable firearm examiners to identify the firearm that fired them (Kinder et al., 2004).
Bearing characteristics include stiffness in the bearing and motion directions, and error motions in the bearing directions.
The connections of behaviour with bears characteristics and types of management were established.
Bearing characteristics of CDC was investigated when subjected to lateral and longitudinal loads based on the ultimate subgrade reaction method and pile foundation bearing theory.
Interestingly, the epigenetic status of pericentromeres within nSBs was changed and bore characteristics of euchromatin, including hyper-acetylation of histones.
Like cars, armor designs bear national characteristics.
