What's the difference between heritable and inherited?

Heritable


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.
  • (a.) Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Osteogenesis imperfecta is the common term for a heterogeneous group of heritable disorders of connective tissue with lethal and nonlethal forms.
  • (2) This study focuses on the expansion and maturation of the fatty streak in the aorta of Watanabe Heritable Hyperlipemic rabbits and comparably hypercholesterolemic fat-fed rabbits between 2 and 6 months duration of hypercholesterolemia.
  • (3) Our results illustrate, once again, that heritability is not a constant, but depends on the precise characteristics of the population and the time at which it is studied.
  • (4) A significant relationship with heritable fragile sites was found in this study.
  • (5) The heritability of the two traits of walking behavior was remarkably different; the former was estimated to be about 7%, the latter 26%.
  • (6) The heritability for one of the measures of attention deficit was also significant (h2g = 0.76).
  • (7) As in earlier series, estimates of heritability are higher for mothers than fathers.
  • (8) The genetic implications of establishing the diagnosis of this common heritable X-chromosome abnormality and the therapeutic consequences of detecting the depression are emphasized.
  • (9) The data failed to detect significant heritability, and common family environment proved to be a major determinant in the variation of periodontal health.
  • (10) Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis is a rare heritable disorder consisting of a triad of cutaneous findings including reticulate hyperpigmentation, noncicatricial alopecia, and onychodystrophy.
  • (11) However, when spelling ability was investigated, a heritability of 0.53 was obtained, increasing to 0.75 when intelligence was controlled.
  • (12) Milk yield, fat yield, and protein yield had heritabilities of .36, .38, and .25.
  • (13) Moreover, genetics textbooks consistently employ confused or misleading definitions of the concept of heritability that, together with the reporting of discredited data, perpetuate a fundamentally inaccurate understanding of the genetics of intelligence.
  • (14) Refractive error and the ocular refractive components have heritabilities intermediate between zero and one, as complied from several studies, indicating familial resemblance, but also non-genetic variation.
  • (15) Statistically significant interactions effects of line x diet were noted (P less than .01) for AGE, ADG and Index, traits with low to moderate heritabilities (h2).
  • (16) The heritability estimate of 0.6 appears lower than that from studies in European populations.
  • (17) The results were tabulated and expressed specifically by way of the heritability and repeatability coefficients.
  • (18) Heritability estimates were extremely variable among the different herds and methods of measurement but there was evidence of considerable genetic variation, particularly for sweat gland traits.
  • (19) Radiation-induced heritable lesions in murine leukaemic lymphoblasts L5178Y-S affect progesssion of the cells through the G2 phase of the cell cycle.
  • (20) The somatic mutation theory of carcinogenesis has dominated much of cancer research for the past 30 years, encouraging emphasis on exogenous genotoxic agents capable of inducing malignant transformation via heritable damage to DNA.

Inherited


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Inherit

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Alleles in this region can be exchanged between X and Y chromosomes and are therefore inherited as if autosomal.
  • (2) Seven males have been observed carrying both inherited tritan and red-green defects.
  • (3) Pedigree studies have suggested that there may be an inherited predisposition to many apparently nonfamilial colorectal cancers and a genetic model of tumorigenesis in common colorectal cancer has been proposed that includes the activation of dominantly acting oncogenes and the inactivation of growth suppressor genes.
  • (4) In neither case has a significant elevation in inherited genetic effects or cancer been detected in the offspring of exposed individuals.
  • (5) When power-transformed scores are used to eliminate skewness, there is evidence for one distribution and it is not possible to distinguish single gene from multifactorial (polygenic or cultural) inheritance.
  • (6) Asymptomatic relatives that have inherited the disease probably can be detected with this method.
  • (7) This recently reported inherited syndrome should be recognized by pathologists because of major risk of cardiac myxoma.
  • (8) This situation highlights the potential importance of molecules with different inheritance patterns in elucidating complex cases of reticulate evolution.
  • (9) Approximately 20 inherited disorders of kidney transport occurring in man have so far been defined.
  • (10) Neurospora crassa mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid shows strict uniparental inheritance in sexual crosses, with a notable absence of mixtures and recombinant types that appear frequently in heteroplasmons.
  • (11) The overall results indicate an inherited impairment of 3-HSD activity confined only to C-21 steroid substrates and, thus, suggest the existence of at least two 3-HSD isoenzymes under independent genetic regulation.
  • (12) About one out of three profoundly deaf children has an autosomal recessive form of inherited deafness.
  • (13) In considering nutrition and circadian rhythms, time-of-eating behavior is an inherited, genetically controlled pattern that can be phase-shifted by conditioning or training.
  • (14) Given the financial crisis this government inherited, we had no choice but to make significant savings.
  • (15) The pupils at the Royal Blind School, Edinburgh, were surveyed and it was found that 40% of the 100 pupils had definitely inherited severe eye disease.
  • (16) However, as the males have not reproduced, it is not possible to rule out X-linked dominant inheritance.
  • (17) However, family members born at 50% risk can find out if they have inherited the mutant gene only if family analyses are possible.
  • (18) Proposed models for the inheritance of locus-specific methylation phenotypes in somatic cells include those in which there is stable inheritance of a methylation pattern such that all cells contain a similarly methylated locus, as well as models in which the inheritance of methylation can be variable.
  • (19) It inherited an economy that was growing quite strongly but activity came to an abrupt halt last autumn and has flatlined ever since.
  • (20) An autosomal recessive mode of inheritance of this deficiency was found.