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the heritability
noun
The condition of being inheritable
synonyms
Exact(60)
When quantitative geneticists estimate the heritability of I.Q., they are generally relying on studies of twins.
Our work shows that the heritability of your age at death is only about 25%.
But there are strong grounds for supposing the heritability is not actually missing – it's non-existent.
The heritability statistic is notoriously difficult to understand – ask any psychology undergraduate!
According to one study cited by Mr. Krueger, the heritability of status has been increasing in recent decades.
Hambrick has recently published a study on the heritability of practice, using eight hundred pairs of twins.
The heritability held even when the researchers took measures of intelligence and the nature of the family environment into account.
In terms of the heritability of loneliness, we have taken that to mean disconnection is differentially painful.
It's important to realize what the heritability statistic doesn't mean – it certainly doesn't mean the same thing as "inherited".
But, of course, Popenoe is all over the place in Sex Weekend, in Cupid's Coach, in the heritability of housework.
The predictability is closely related to the heritability.
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