heritable

comparative more heritable · superlative most heritable

1. That can legally be inherited.

   An heritable crown, or an heritable throne, or by what other fanciful name such things may be called, have no other significant explanation than that mankind are heritable property.

   1791, Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man

2. Genetically transmissible from parent to offspring; hereditary.

   But if we consider that all heritable variations must have their roots in the germ-plasm, and further, that when personal selection does not intervene, ...

   1909, Albert Charles Seward, Darwin and Modern Science

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   Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair.

   1982, Yutaka Kawazoe, “Molecular Mechanism of Chemical Modification of Cellular Nucleic Acid Bases by 4-Hydroxyaminoquinoline 1-oxide”, in Carcinogenic and Mutagenic N-substituted Aryl Compounds, page 185

   The colour of a person’s hair is one of the most heritable features of their appearance, with studies on twins suggesting that genetics explains up to 97% of hair colour.

   2018 April 16, Ian Sample, The Guardian