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DictionarySeeheritabilitybroad-sense heritability
broad-sense heritability[¦brȯd ‚sens ‚her·ə·tə′bil·ə·dē] (genetics) The degree to which individual phenotypes are determined by their genotypes; expressed as the ratio of the total genetic variance to the total phenotypic variance. broad-sense heritability
broad-sense heritability the widest estimate of the role of genes in influencing total phenotypic variability (see HERITABILITY), measured by the ratio of total genotypic variance to total phenotypic variance. Compare NARROW-SENSE HERITABILITY. |