Genetic epidemiology of major depression: review and meta-analysis.

By P. Sullivan, Michael C. Neale, Kenneth S. Kendler. American Journal of Psychiatry, 2000

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The Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA): rationale, objectives and methods (2008, background): “Depressive and anxiety disorders are highly heritable, with heritability estimates between 35–40% ( Sullivan et al., 2000 ).”
Stress and the brain: from adaptation to disease (2005, background): “On the basis of twin studies, depression has an estimated heritability of 40”
Gray matter abnormalities in Major Depressive Disorder: a meta-analysis of voxel based morphometry studies. (2012, background): “Trauma, stress, psychological and social factors undoubtedly play a role in the etiology of MDD, but neuroimaging, neuropathological and familial studies also point to a role for biological factors (Hasler, 2010; Lorenzetti et al., 2009; Rajkowska et al., 1999; Sheline et al., 2003; Sullivan et al.,”
Stress and depression: old questions, new approaches (2015, background): “It has long been known that depression runs in families, and is moderately heritable [52].”
Intimate Partner Violence and Incident Depressive Symptoms and Suicide Attempts: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies (2013, background): “Major depressive disorder has a substantial heritability [40] and has been shown to be more heritable than less severe forms of depression [41]; situational causes such as violence may therefore play a more important etiological role in the less severe forms of depression.”