Imagine You Hear a Report About a Heritability Study That

question 33

Multiple Choice

Imagine you hear a report about a heritability study that claims trait X is "50% genetic." Which of the following is a more accurate way of stating this?

• A) Fifty percent of individual difference of trait X within a population are due to genetic factors.
• B) Only half of a population has the trait.
• C) The trait is homozygous.
• D) More than 50% of similarities of trait X within a population are the result of genetic factors.

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