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Noun: heritability  ,he-ri-tu'bi-lu-tee
  1. (genetics) the ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance; i.e. the proportion of variability that is genetic in origin
     
  2. The state of being heritable

Derived forms: heritabilities

Encyclopedia: Heritability

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