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Heritability Estimate

Last Updated: May 17, 2012

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Heritability Estimate- An estimate of the proportion of the total phenotype variation between individuals for a certain trait that is due to heredity. More specifically, hereditary variation due to additive gene action. Heritability identifies that portion of variation that is passes on from parent to offspring.

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