What Is Heritability?
Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 08:04
in Psychology & Sociology
"Heritability" is a term used in many articles and through much of the scientific literature and invariably promotes the idea that it relates specifically to inherited traits. As a result, it is often assumed that the heritability of a particular trait relates to how much influence genetics has on the trait manifesting in an individual.However, that isn't what it means.Heritability attempts to address the relationship between nature (genetics) and nurture (environment), so that as each changes, the variation between individuals within a population can be estimated based on these influences. In this context, "environment" simply represents everything external to the genome that could effect expression. read more