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
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 ● May 23, 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
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.
We found considerable genetic variation for all traits, with high broad sense heritabilities.
From Nature ● Feb. 8, 2012
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