"Heredity" Means

question 174

Multiple Choice

"Heredity" means

• A) the biological transmission of traits and characteristics from one generation to another.
• B) how your traits manifest themselves in your characteristics.
• C) how cells divide to determine who we become.
• D) how genes combine to influence our phenotype.

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Definitions:

Sample Statistic

A numerical measure calculated from a set of data extracted from a larger population, used to estimate population parameters.

Population Parameter

A numerical value that represents a characteristic of a population, such as the population mean or variance.

Expected Value

The mean of all possible values for a random variable, weighted by their respective probabilities.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points, calculated as the average of the squared differences from the mean.