Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being heritable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being heritable.
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- noun uncountable The condition of being
inheritable - noun countable, genetics The
ratio of thegenetic variance of a population to itsphenotypic variance; i.e. theproportion ofvariability that isgenetic in origin
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Examples
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My point was limited to correcting a misstatment of the meaning of the term heritability, nothing more.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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My point was limited to correcting a misstatment of the meaning of the term heritability, nothing more.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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According to Gould (author of The Mismeasure of Man), the idea of heritability is confused by many: "If all environments were to become equal for everyone, heritability would rise to 100% because all remaining differences in IQ would necessarily be genetic in origin."
What a Bunch of Apes! « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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In addition, when researching traits like IQ within even narrow populations one must take into consideration both genetic and environmental factors like nutrition, polution, etc … Therefore, heritability is almost never 100%.
What a Bunch of Apes! « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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Conversely, heritability also depends on the genetic variation: If you start with a homogenous genetic sample, you find that heritability is essentially 0% for all traits.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Iâm afraid your understanding of heritability is deficient.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Others, such as David Goldstein of Duke University, think that heritability is hiding in rare genetic variants, not common ones — in "private mutations," genetic peculiarities that are shared by just a few people each.
The Failed Promise of Genomics Matt Ridley 2010
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What I said (here and eslewhere, a couple of times) was that heritability is a number valid only for a specific environment, and when you change the environment, the heritability may well change (in fact, if you put all samples in an absolutely uniform environment, you find that heritability is 100% or NAN for all traits studied).
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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If heritability is less than 100 percent, then the characteristic being studied is by definition "multifactorial."
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If heritability is less than 100 percent, then the characteristic being studied is by definition "multifactorial."
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