as in genetic
genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring
heritable characteristics like skin and eye and hair color
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Recent Examples of heritable
In the past decade, researchers have focused on the epigenome, a host of factors—some heritable—that influence how genetic information is copied and read at the cellular level.
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Byandrew Curry, science.org, 27 Feb. 2025
In an old but often-cited Danish study on twins, researchers found that about 25 percent of longevity was heritable—in other words, predetermined by your genes.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025
Things that, in my opinion, set responsible breeders apart from the irresponsible include heritable disease screening before using an animal in a breeding program.
—Dr. Devon B. Smith, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
Some research suggests that performance on tests purporting to measure human general intelligence is roughly fifty per cent genetically heritable.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
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Byandrew Curry, science.org, 27 Feb. 2025
In an old but often-cited Danish study on twins, researchers found that about 25 percent of longevity was heritable—in other words, predetermined by your genes.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025
Things that, in my opinion, set responsible breeders apart from the irresponsible include heritable disease screening before using an animal in a breeding program.
—Dr. Devon B. Smith, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
Some research suggests that performance on tests purporting to measure human general intelligence is roughly fifty per cent genetically heritable.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heritable
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The remains were found by a person walking through the woods in Wilkeson, Washington, south of Seattle, in October 1997, according to a news release from the forensic genetic genealogy company Othram.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2025
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This plan focuses on maintaining genetic diversity of the giraffe population and helping prevent giraffes from becoming extinct.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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By contrast, the plantation economy relied on rigid racial hierarchies and hereditary enslavement.—
Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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Between five and 10% of cases will be considered hereditary, meaning that the cancer was caused by a genetic abnormality that was passed down from the mother or father.—
Joanne Fowler,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Quoting the late American historian Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Horn said Jewish culture makes a distinction between history and memory, and Jews are more interested in memory: investing a historical event with eternal, inheritable meaning.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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Our vision is that the future of design will have a long lasting inheritable quality.—
Sydney Gore,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2025
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Photograph: Courtesy of Sean Hartnoll For decades, physicists and mathematicians have wanted to show that these chaotic dynamics are not an artifact of the simplifying assumption of decoupling, but inherent to black holes.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Wired News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Watch less often and watch more than one network, taking inherent and obvious biases into account.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Heritable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heritable. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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