Definition of "heritable" []

• Capable of being passed from one generation to the next; hereditary. (adjective)
• Capable of inheriting or taking by inheritance. (adjective)

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• "As evolution is defined as heritable allelic changes over time, if sufficient time does not pass, evolution may not happen."
• "A trait or disease is called heritable if monozygotic twins are more similar to each other than dizygotic twins."
• "It means that they have view of religion as a strongly 'heritable' characteristic, much more so, I would argue, than is empirically the case in developed capitalist democracies."