heritable
capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
capable of inheriting.
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Origin of heritable
1Other words from heritable
- her·it·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- her·it·a·bly, adverb
- non·her·it·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·her·it·a·ble, adjective
- non·her·it·a·bly, adverb
- un·her·it·a·ble, adjective
Words that may be confused with heritable
- heritable , hereditary, inheritable
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How to use heritable in a sentence
Still, while He’s rush to move heritable genome editing into humans was reckless, Greely writes, human genome editing isn’t inherently wrong.
CRISPR gives us the power to short-circuit evolution. What now? | Dina Temple-Raston | May 21, 2021 | Washington PostOf course, a lot of what we understand about evolutionary mechanisms is based on particular modes of reproduction that occur on Earth, and there’s absolutely no reason that the way heritable information is passed here on Earth happens elsewhere.
Life Beyond Human Has to Play by the Rules - Issue 98: Mind | David P. Barash | March 17, 2021 | NautilusChurchland and I recently talked about how brain differences, which are underwritten by differences in our genes, shape our moral attitudes — and how those can be highly heritable.
We admire these do-gooders. We just don’t want to date them. | Sigal Samuel | December 4, 2020 | VoxGene editing to make heritable changes in human DNA isn’t yet safe and effective enough to make gene-edited babies, an international scientific commission says.
Strict new guidelines lay out a path to heritable human gene editing | Tina Hesman Saey | September 3, 2020 | Science NewsIf countries can’t ensure that all of those criteria are met, heritable gene editing shouldn’t be approved, the commissioners say.
Strict new guidelines lay out a path to heritable human gene editing | Tina Hesman Saey | September 3, 2020 | Science News
Twin and adoption studies have revealed that a disposition toward suicidal behavior is partially heritable.
The father divides them as heritable property into equal portions for bequest to his children.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I | Karl Ritter von ScherzerAnd so, again, the lords rights under the commendation seem to constitute an alienable and heritable seignory.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandAlready the process has begun which will make it applicable to every person who has heritable rights in land.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandWe know that taken individually the lawmen of Lincoln were holders of heritable franchises, of sake and soke.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandTrue that the rights conferred upon them are not restrained within the compass of three lives but are heritable ad infinitum.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William Maitland
British Dictionary definitions for heritable
/ (ˈhɛrɪtəbəl) /
capable of being inherited; inheritable
mainly law capable of inheriting
Origin of heritable
1Derived forms of heritable
- heritability, noun
- heritably, adverb
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Scientific definitions for heritable
[ hĕr′ĭ-tə-bəl ]
Capable of being passed from one generation to the next through the genes.
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