heritability
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Up to age 80, the risk of dying from dementia shows a heritability of about 70 percent – far higher than that of cancer or heart disease.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
Buxbaum compares the heritability of autism to the heritability of height, another polygenic trait.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
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
Through selective breeding, the scientists map key traits such as weight and development time, tracking their heritability, and monitoring the genomic diversity of their breeding stock.
From Scientific American • Aug. 28, 2023
The certain fact is, that a great distinction in respect of heritability is observable between congenital and acquired characters.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John
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