Heritability
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In quantitative genetics, heritability is the amount of variance attributable to genetic sources.
Derived from the equation P = G + E (where P is variation in phenotype, G is variation in genotype and E is variation in environment), heritability, expressed as the value h2, can be stated mathematically as h2 = G / P = G / (G + E). P (and this G + E) always equals 1, so if genotype and environment contribute equally to the variation in phenotype, G and E both equal 0.5.
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