heritable
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- adjective
- /ˈhɛrɪtəbl/
- Specialized
- Heritable variation for body size exists in most natural populations that have been studied.
- heritable variation
- heritable traits
- heritable defects
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Watch on YouTubeOne of the most heritable traits that we know about in humans is height.
- One of the most heritable traits that we know about in humans is height.
- What if I edit Jeremy's sperm and now like it's going to be heritable.
- One of you asked how are patients impacted by knowing that their breast cancer is heritable?
- Also mental illness is extremely heritable.
- Didn't you say the infidelity is heritable?
- And people were surprised, though, to find out that attitudes, you know, are also heritable.
- For your body to function properly, your muscle cell has to stay the muscle cell, and that's where the word heritable is justified.
Examples
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One might think that if happiness is 50% heritable, then happiness must be 50% "hardwired."
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One of the most heritable traits that we know about in humans is height.
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Part of the reason for this is that there appears to be a strong heritable basis for happiness.
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Findings have shown generally that such traits are highly heritable.
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Obesity is highly heritable, and researchers are currently identifying specific obesity-related genes.
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Because evidence suggests that dyslexia is highly heritable, we hypothesize a genetic cause underlying this type of structural central nervous system abnormality.
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Color patterning, the scientists determined, is heritable and may be sex-linked, coded for by a cluster of genes on the male's Y chromosome.
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Height is one of the most heritable traits passed down from parents to children.
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Many mental health conditions have a heritable component, making them more common in certain families.
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The researchers concluded that the gene linked to this condition is heritable and can be passed to future generations.
Synonyms
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A right or title a family gives to their children by law
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A feature that passes from parents to children, for example eye color and family titles
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Can be legally passed to later family members
Can be passed down to family by law or custom, like land and titles
How Heritable
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Surface Forms
Morphology
heritable = inherit (semi-transparent) = herit + able
The meaning 'able to be inherited' is clear, but the surface form 'heritable' lacks the visible 'in-' found in 'inherit', making the orthographic relation less transparent for learners.
Etymology
The word heritable is related to inherit and heritage, and comes from the root herit- from an old Latin word meaning 'heir' or 'to be passed down'. So heritable describes something that can be 'passed on' to the next person or generation, like a family right or a physical trait.