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Webster 1913 Edition
Heritability
Herˊit-a-bil′i-ty
,Noun.
The state of being heritable.
Definition 2024
heritability
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
Translations
the ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance
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