as in genetic
genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring heritable characteristics like skin and eye and hair color

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Recent Examples of heritable In the past decade, researchers have focused on the epigenome, a host of factors—some heritable—that influence how genetic information is copied and read at the cellular level. Byandrew Curry, science.org, 27 Feb. 2025 In an old but often-cited Danish study on twins, researchers found that about 25 percent of longevity was heritable—in other words, predetermined by your genes. Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025 Things that, in my opinion, set responsible breeders apart from the irresponsible include heritable disease screening before using an animal in a breeding program. Dr. Devon B. Smith, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025 Some research suggests that performance on tests purporting to measure human general intelligence is roughly fifty per cent genetically heritable. Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for heritable
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  • These mutations were found to make up 15% of the early genetic alterations that increase colorectal cancer risk.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Every genetic component must be meticulously selected and optimized for function.
    Kristofer Mussar, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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  • People with celiac disease, a hereditary autoimmune disorder, have to eat a gluten-free diet.
    Katie Akin, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Huntington’s disease is a hereditary disorder that causes a progressive decline in thinking, memory, and the control of movements.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 27 Mar. 2025
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  • Quoting the late American historian Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Horn said Jewish culture makes a distinction between history and memory, and Jews are more interested in memory: investing a historical event with eternal, inheritable meaning.
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Our vision is that the future of design will have a long lasting inheritable quality.
    Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
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  • Photograph: Courtesy of Sean Hartnoll For decades, physicists and mathematicians have wanted to show that these chaotic dynamics are not an artifact of the simplifying assumption of decoupling, but inherent to black holes.
    Lyndie Chiou, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Watch less often and watch more than one network, taking inherent and obvious biases into account.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Heritable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heritable. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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