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 zuch: Heritability is only valid for a specific environment.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Heritability is only valid for a specific environment.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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And just to forestall some misconceptions that may crop up here: Heritability is not some fixed number, but is only a value statistic for a specific environment.
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[zuch]: Heritability is only valid for a specific environment.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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[zuch]: Heritability is only valid for a specific environment.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Heritability depends on the amount of variability in the environmental factors that contribute to a trait.
8 Surprising Facts About Parenting, Genes and What Really Makes Us Who We Are 2011
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Heritability does not tell us how likely it is that people's characteristics will be inherited by their children.
8 Surprising Facts About Parenting, Genes and What Really Makes Us Who We Are 2011
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Heritability only really works as a measure of the influence of genes if the environment of the individuals concerned is held constant.
ADHD's roots are complex Johnjoe McFadden 2010
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Heritability still determines theÂrange and relative likelihood of gene expressions which are possible.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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For example, read: “The Heritability of IQ” By Devlin, Daniels and Roeder (1997) in Nature volume 388, pages 468 – 471.
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