As the Heritability Index for a Particular Behaviour Decreases

question 255

Multiple Choice

As the heritability index for a particular behaviour decreases:

• A)nature becomes more important than nurture.
• B)the rate of DNA methylation decreases.
• C)epigenetics plays less of a factor as a determinant of gene expression.
• D)genes explain less of the individual differences in that behavioural trait.

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