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.

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Meanings

nounmissing heritability (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe problematic difference between heritability estimates obtained from early genomewide association studies and those from twin and family data across many physical and mental traits.
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