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Definition of Heritability
1. n. The state of being heritable.
Definition of Heritability
1. Noun. The condition of being inheritable ¹
2. Noun. (context: 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 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heritability
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Medical Definition of Heritability
1. The degree to which something is inherited. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heritability
Literary usage of Heritability
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The diplomatic protection of citizens abroad or the law of international claims by Edwin Montefiore Borchard (1915)
"Recent Departmental Ruling Concerning heritability of Citizenship in Extraterritorial
American Communities. It has recently been considered by the ..."
2. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"Finally, and most important in the present connection, with respect to heritability,
variations may possess the power to reappear in subsequent generations, ..."
3. Foundations of Biology by Lorande Loss Woodruff (1922)
"A. heritability OF VARIATIONS What then are the basic principles of heredity
which are to-day at the command of the scientific breeder? ..."
4. Heredity and Social Fitness: A Study of Differential Mating in a (1920)
"heritability OF SOCIALLY EFFECTIVE TRAITS. In tracing the history of such traits
as the ability to calculate, aggressiveness, and perseverance in the ..."
5. Genetics: An Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1913)
"Finally, and most important in the present connection, with respect to heritability,
variations may possess the power to reappear in subsequent generations, ..."
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