heritable

Adjective

Meaning

Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.

Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inheritable genealogical family nee genetic transmitted inheritance congenital inborn transferable lineal transmissible patrimonial monogenic inherited
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Antonyms

acquired innate congenital extrinsic inborn nontransmissible
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Examples

There is, then, in this analysis of variance no indication of any other than innate and heritable factors at work. (Coining of the phrase ‘analysis of variance'.) Ronald Fisher

inheritable traits such as eye color Source: Internet

an inheritable title Source: Internet

Advanced techniques Quantitative studies of heritable traits throw light on the question. Source: Internet

A consensus definition of the concept of epigenetic trait as "stably heritable phenotype resulting from changes in a chromosome without alterations in the DNA sequence" was formulated at a Cold Spring Harbor meeting in 2008. Source: Internet

Because the phenotype of a cell or individual is affected by which of its genes are transcribed, heritable transcription states can give rise to epigenetic effects. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Herisau herisson heritability heritableness heritably heritage