Table 19-4: Broad-Sense Heritability for Some Traits in Humans as Determined by Twin    Studies

Trait

H2

Physical attributes

  Height

0.88

  Chest circumference

0.61

  Waist circumference

0.25

  Fingerprint ridge count

0.97

  Systolic blood pressure

0.64

  Heart rate

0.49

Mental attributes

  IQ

0.69

  Speed of spatial processing

0.36

  Speed of information acquisition

0.20

  Speed of information processing

0.56

Personality attributes

  Extraversion

0.54

  Conscientiousness

0.49

  Neuroticism

0.48

  Positive emotionality

0.50

  Antisocial behavior in adults

0.41

Psychiatric disorders

  Autism

0.90

  Schizophrenia

0.80

  Major depression

0.37

  Anxiety disorder

0.30

  Alcoholism

0.50-0.60

Beliefs and political attitudes

  Religiosity among adults

0.30–0.45

  Conservatism among adults

0.45–0.65

  Views on school prayer

0.41

  Views on pacifism

0.38

Sources: J. R. Alford et al., American Political Science Review 99, 2005, 1–15; T. Bouchard et al., Science 250, 1990, 223–228; T. Bouchard, Curr. Dir. Psych. Sci. 13, 2004, 148–151; P. J. Clark, Am. J. Hum. Genet. 7, 1956, 49–54; C. M. Freitag, Mol. Psychiatry 12, 2007, 2–22.