Sentence examples for heritable basis from inspiring English sources

Isolated deficiencies of one or two pituitary hormones also may occur, often on a heritable basis.

Genetics in the strict sense simply refers to understanding the heritable basis of a trait.

Not only are differences in transcript, protein, and metabolite profiles being uncovered, but the heritable basis of these differences is also being elucidated.

We know that virtually every single mental disorder identified thus far has a heritable basis.

ASD has the greatest heritable basis of any developmental cognitive disorder, based on twin and family studies, with heritability estimates of around 90% [1] [9 ]

However, earlier studies have revealed that vertebral number can be under directional natural selection [10] [11], and that they appear to have a heritable basis [12].

There is a heritable, genetic basis to colony form, but environmentally-induced plasticity and self-reinforcing developmental physiology explain much of total phenotypic variance.

This high coefficient, observed despite the single cell bottleneck and the approximately seven generations of growth in liquid medium between the two measurements, is indicative of a heritable, genetic basis for colony size.

The mechanisms permitting improvement of domesticated strains lie in the heritable genetic basis of the phenotypic characteristics being selected (Jensen 2006).

A plastic response to environmental effects could also have a heritable genetic basis and be itself adaptive, resulting in genotype−environment interactions (Nussey et al. 2007).

Although surgical/medical treatment can be used to improve the quality of life of the dog, it has been shown that CHD has a moderately heritable genetic basis [ 4] and due to the difficulty of treating the disease, a genetic solution should be explored.