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Heritability in the genomics era--concepts and misconceptions.

Nature reviews. Genetics - 1 Apr 2008

Visscher Peter M, Hill William G, Wray Naomi R

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Heritability allows a comparison of the relative importance of genes and environment to the variation of traits within and across populations. The concept of heritability and its definition as an estimable, dimensionless population parameter was introduced by Sewall Wright and Ronald Fisher nearly a century ago. Despite continuous misunderstandings and controversies over its use and application, heritability...

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PMID: 18319743
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2322

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