Heritability Is Defined as a Statistical Estimate of the Proportion

question 92

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Heritability is defined as a statistical estimate of the proportion of the total variance in some trait that is attributable to genetic differences among individuals within a group.

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Definitions:

Visual Afterimage

An optical illusion where an image continues to appear in one's vision after the exposure to the original image has ended.

Retinal Disparity

The slight difference in visual perception that comes from the images projected on the retinae of the eyes, which is a cue to depth perception.

Depth Perception

The ability to perceive the world in three dimensions and judge the distance of an object.

Convergence

The process or state of converging, in various contexts such as the meeting of two or more lines or paths at a point, or the evolution of similar features in independent species.