heritability
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Buxbaum compares the heritability of autism to the heritability of height, another polygenic trait.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
"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 • Dec. 4, 2024
Although the heritability of cognitive ability appears to play some role on an individual level, there is also a lot of evidence that environment matters.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023
It helped remove that messy environmental component, and we could get more accurate estimates of heritability.
From Scientific American • Aug. 1, 2023
Since land was granted in return for service, there were limitations on its heritability and often an heir had to pay a heriot to the landlord to obtain the land.
From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.
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