heritability

English

Noun

heritability (countable and uncountable, plural heritabilities)

(uncountable) The condition of being inheritable
(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

Synonyms

inheritability (much less common)

Antonyms

environmentability

Translations

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

Czech: dědivost f

French: héritabilité (fr) f

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