After Studying Medium Ground Finch Families from Year to Year

question 13

Multiple Choice

After studying medium ground finch families from year to year, the Grants determined that beak size (length and depth) was highly heritable. This is primarily due to

• A) the environment.
• B) additive alleles.
• C) epistatic alleles.
• D) dominant alleles.

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Definitions:

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Visible Harm

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