A Trait That Is Easily Influenced by Environmental Conditions Is

question 16

Multiple Choice

A trait that is easily influenced by environmental conditions is said to have:

• A) high phenotypic plasticity.
• B) low phenotypic plasticity.
• C) high genotypic plasticity.
• D) low genotypic plasticity.

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Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of data points around the mean value, used in statistics and finance.

Correlation Coefficient

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