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Heritability

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her·i·ta·ble  (hr-t-bl)
adj.
1. Capable of being passed from one generation to the next; hereditary.
2. Capable of inheriting or taking by inheritance.
[Middle English, from Old French, from heriter, to inherit, from Late Latin hrditre; see inherit.]
heri·ta·bili·ty n.
heri·ta·bly adv.


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