Term
Heritability
The share of the differences in a trait within a group of people that is explained by differences in their genes. It depends on the conditions that group lives in.
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, Robert M. Sapolsky
Explained in
- Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, Robert M. Sapolsky
- I Hate You—Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality, Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus
A statistical measure of how much of the differences between people in a population is explained by genetic differences. It says nothing about an individual person.