Around 40 percent of that variation is heritable.

大约40%变异是可遗传。

Recent work on both these fronts suggests that happiness is highly heritable.

最近，对这两个前沿问题研究表幸福感在很大程度上是遗传。

We do know that BPD is highly heritable, meaning genetics strongly influence the likelihood a person develops the condition.

我们知道边缘型具有高度遗传性，这意味着遗传学强烈地影响一个发展这种疾病可能性。

Basically, we want things that are genetic, that are heritable.

基本上，我们想要东西是遗传， 是可遗传。

They contain DNA as a heritable genetic material, and they can reproduce.

它们含有 DNA 作为可遗传遗传物质，并且可以繁殖。

Putting an end to heritable disease sounds like a crowd-pleasing idea, right?

结束遗传性疾病听起来是一个讨喜欢想法， 对吧？

And the researchers concluded that every single one of those outcomes is heritable.

研究员得出结论，这些结果中每一个都是可遗传。

It is also heritable, so we pass on some of that immunity to our children.

它也是可遗传，所以我们将这种免疫力一部分传给了我们孩子。

How can this be, given that intelligence is highly heritable, and clever folk breed no more prolifically than less gifted ones?

要知道智力具有高度遗传性，而聪生育率井不比资质较差更高，那么这一成就是如何取得呢？

Maybe, which seems to be entirely likely, the propensity for violence is to some extent heritable.

或许， 这似乎完全可能，暴力倾向在某种程度上是遗传。

A character is a feature that we can describe and label, and has to be heritable.

性是我们可以描述和标记特征，并且必须是可遗传。

They measured over 17,000 outcomes, and the researchers concluded that every single one of those outcomes is heritable.

他们测量了超过17,000个结果,研究员得出结论,这些结果中每一个都是可遗传。

Part of the reason for this is that there appears to be a strong heritable basis for happiness.

造成这种情况部分原因是幸福似乎具有强大遗传基础。

But while twin studies are useful for establishing the extent to which a characteristic is heritable, they do not finger the particular genes at work.

虽然关于双胞胎研究有助于确定一个性特征在多大程度上能被遗传，但是这项研究并未指出到底是哪个基因起到了遗传作用。

So, you have to ask the question now, to what extent does the high heritability in individuals mean that there has to be a heritable explanation across groups?

因此， 现在必须要问这个问题，个体中高遗传性在多大程度上意味着必须在各个群体中有一种遗传解释呢？

Studies show that many people don't even have to have encountered a spider before being afraid of them, and that arachnid aversion is heritable, so there might be genetics at play.

研究表许多之前甚至没有遇到蜘蛛也会害怕它们，并且对蜘蛛厌恶实际上是可遗传，所以可能有遗传因素在起作用。

In other words, the issue at large seems to be environmental — or one of lifestyle — instead of a genetic one, though heritable factors may be at play in some instances.

换句话说，虽然遗传因素在某些情况下可能起作用，但总来说，问题似乎是环境因素——或者生活方式之一——而不是遗传因素。

The so-called photic sneeze reflex, AKA the Autosomal Cholinergic Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst, abbreviated" ACHOO" … yes, seriously… is experienced by about 1 in 4 people, leading scientists to believe it is genetically heritable.

所谓“强光喷嚏反射”，又称常染色体胆碱能性赫里奥眼突出症，简称“Achoo”… 是，讲真… 大约有四分之一经历过，这使得科学家相认为它是会遗传。

Appropriately for acolytes of Darwinism, Thomas and Julian shared what may have been heritable traits: scientific genius, an appetite for culture (both were keen poets), and a tragic tint of mental instability.

作为达尔文主义追随者，托马斯和朱利安有着共同特征，这些特征或许是可以遗传：科学天赋，对文化渴望(两都是狂热诗)，以及精神不稳定悲剧色彩。

In “Genes, Economics and Happiness”, a working paper from the University of Zurich's Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, they conclude that about a third of the variation in people's happiness is heritable.

在苏黎世大学经济学实证研究院一篇工作论文《基因、经济学与快乐》中，这些科学家们提出了以下结论：幸福感约有三分之一是遗传。