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missing heritability

missing heritability noun: the problematic difference between heritability estimates obtained from early genomewide association studies and those from twin and family data across many physical and mental traits.

Noun

missing heritability (uncountable)

  1. The problematic difference between heritability estimates obtained from early genomewide association studies and those from twin and family data across many physical and mental traits.

Questions about missing heritability

What does missing heritability mean?
Missing heritability means the problematic difference between heritability estimates obtained from early genomewide association studies and those from twin and family data across many physical and mental traits.
What part of speech is missing heritability?
Missing heritability is a noun.

Words near missing heritability in the dictionary

  1. missing
  2. missing a beat
  3. missing a trick
  4. missing boundary
  5. missing fire
  6. missing heritability
  7. missing in action
  8. missing in time
  9. missing link
  10. missing links
  11. missing man formation

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