Dumb question: if a trait is x% heritable, can you say anything about likelihood that an offspring of an affected individual has the trait?
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@sarahdoingthing (say a binary trait with one affected parent/two affected parents)6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Not in any simple way, I don't think. Consider cases: 1) all cases of disorder A are caused by gene Q, but homozygous QQ >1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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@sarahdoingthing I think the same argument works: heritability shouldn't distinguish btw partial expression of genes & nongenetic causes.
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