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Heritability

Herˊit-a-bil′i-ty

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Noun.
The state of being heritable.

Definition 2024


heritability

heritability

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Noun

heritability (countable and uncountable, plural heritabilities)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being inheritable
  2. (countable, genetics) The ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance; i.e. the proportion of variability that is genetic in origin

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