Term
heritability
The share of the differences between people in some trait that is explained by differences in their genes. It is a property of a group under particular conditions, not of one person.
This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress, John Brockman (editor)
Explained in
- This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress, John Brockman (editor)
- The Urge: Our History of Addiction, Carl Erik Fisher
The share of differences between people in some trait that can be explained by differences in their genes. It is an estimate for a group, not a prediction for one person.
- Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, Robert M. Sapolsky
The share of the differences in a trait within a group of people that is explained by differences in their genes. It depends on the conditions that group lives in.
- I Hate You—Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality, Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus
A statistical measure of how much of the differences between people in a population is explained by genetic differences. It says nothing about an individual person.