Vinay Uses Data from His Study to Estimate That the Heritability

question 191

Multiple Choice

Vinay uses data from his study to estimate that the heritability of athletic ability is .60. This implies that about 60%:

• A) of the variation in athletic ability is due to genetics.
• B) of the variation in athletic ability is due to environment.
• C) of people are athletic.
• D) of people are not athletic.

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