heritability

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heritability

noun heritabilities

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

Similar: inheritability · Opposite: environmentability

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noun

Similar: inheritability · Opposite: environmentability

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noun the ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance

Españolheredabilidad
日本語遺伝率 itenritsu
中文遺傳力 /遗传力 yíchuánlì, 遺傳度 /遗传度 yíchuándù
Françaishéritabilité
DeutschHeritabilität, Erblichkeit, Vererbbarkeit
Tiếng Việthệ số di truyền

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@misc{heritability_2026,
  title = {heritability},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heritability},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}