heritability

noun — 2 senses

heritability

noun

The condition of being inheritable

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences The ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance; i.e. the proportion of variability that is genetic in origin

Synonyms: inheritability
Antonyms: environmentability
Derived terms: pseudoheritability

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