heritability

American  

[her-i-tuh bil-i-tee] / ˌhɛr ɪ tə ˈbɪl ɪ ti /

noun

plural

heritabilities

1. the state or quality of being heritable.

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Other Word Forms

• inheritability noun

Example Sentences

Buxbaum compares the heritability of autism to the heritability of height, another polygenic trait.

From Los Angeles Times

"We were also surprised by the magnitude of drug-specific heritability for some outcomes. These collectively suggest that additional genetic associations and components of missing heritability could be revealed through future context-specific studies of complex disease."

From Science Daily

“The chance to reach, let’s say, 70 years of age, depends about 20% on your genetics. But the chance to reach a hundred years depends about 60% on heritability.”

From Science Magazine

"If your parents have schizophrenia, you're much more likely to get it than you are to get heart disease if your parents have the disease. There is a very large heritability for these brain-related conditions."

From Science Daily

Ancestry also explained only about 30% of the heritability of some brain disorders, such as ischemic stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s, the researchers found.

From Science Magazine