Share
Blog
Print
Email
BookmarkIn genetics, heritability is the proportion of phenotypic variation in a population that is due to genetic variation.
See also:
Variation among individuals may be due to genetic and/or environmental factors.
Heritability analyses estimate the relative importance of variation in each of these factors..
For more information about the topic Heritability, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
Trait (biology) — In biology, a trait or character is a feature of an organism. The term phenotype is sometimes used as a synonym for trait in common use, but strictly ... > read more
Genetic drift — Genetic drift is the term used in population genetics to refer to the statistical drift over time of gene frequencies in a population due to random ... > read more
Morphogenesis — Morphogenesis is one of three fundamental aspects of developmental biology along with the control of cell growth and cellular differentiation. ... > read moreNote: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Heritability at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.
