nature and nurture Synonyms for heredity and environment as they affect a character. Both may affect observed variation among individuals; only variations due to ‘nature’ are inherited, and it is these that form the subject of quantitative genetics. See environmentalist.

nature and nurture Synonyms for heredity and environment as they affect a character. Both may affect observed variation amongst individuals; only variations due to “nature’ are inherited, and it is these that form the subject of quantitative genetics.

nature and nurture The combined effects of inherited factors (nature) and environmental factors (nurture) on the development of an organism. The genetic potential of an organism will only be realized under appropriate environmental conditions. See also phenotype.

nature and nurture Synonyms for heredity and environment as they affect a character. Both may affect observed variation among individuals; only variations resulting from ‘nature’ are inherited, and it is these that form the subject of quantitative genetics.