heritable

Adjective

1. That can legally be inherited.
   • An heritable crown, or an heritable throne, or by what other fanciful name such things may be called, have no other significant explanation than that mankind are heritable property. - 1791, Thomas Paine, The Rights of...
2. Genetically transmissible from parent to offspring; hereditary.
   • But if we consider that all heritable variations must have their roots in the germ-plasm, and further, that when personal selection does not intervene, ... - 1909, Albert Charles Seward, Darwin and Modern Science:
   • Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair. - 1982, Yutaka Kawazoe, “Molecular Mechanism of Chemical...
   • The colour of a person’s hair is one of the most heritable features of their appearance, with studies on twins suggesting that genetics explains up to 97% of hair colour. - 2018 April 16, Ian Sample, The Guardian: