Heritability evidence — Science definition
A comparison in matched conditions, ideally of offspring, showing that an advantage is transmitted rather than produced by circumstances.
Where it is taught
- Selective Breeding & Genetic Diversity — Evolution, Evidence & Life History, Life Science & Scientific Inquiry, Grade 7
In use
And establishing that an improvement is inherited at all requires heritability evidence — a comparison in matched conditions, because a plant grown in better soil yields more regardless of its genes.
Selective Breeding & Genetic Diversity