A heritable trait would be something that your mom and dad could pass down to you through the combining of their genes. This could be anything from your hair color, genetic disorders etc...
These are some of the things that may cause denaturation:
external stress or compound such as a strong acid<span> or </span>base<span>, a concentrated </span>inorganic<span> salt, an </span>organic<span> solvent (e.g., </span>alcohol<span> or</span>chloroform<span>), radiation or </span>heat<span>.
</span>If this happens, cell activity may be disrupted and it can die.