Mauricio González-Forero
@mauriciogforero.bsky.social
Senior postdoctoral fellow at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Vienna, Austria. Interested in mathematical evolutionary theory, evo-devo, brain evolution, eusociality, and more. https://mauriciogforero.github.io
Haven't read the preprint, but heritability of 0.3 doesn't mean traits are largely environmentally driven. The remaining 0.7 includes non-additive genetic effects. And the 0.3 heritability might include non-genetic effects (e.g., developmental noise). Interpreting heritability is hard.
September 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Haven't read the preprint, but heritability of 0.3 doesn't mean traits are largely environmentally driven. The remaining 0.7 includes non-additive genetic effects. And the 0.3 heritability might include non-genetic effects (e.g., developmental noise). Interpreting heritability is hard.