If You Discovered That the Heritability Coefficient for Height Was

question 18

Multiple Choice

If you discovered that the heritability coefficient for height was 0.90, this would mean

• A)that everyone in the group was tall
• B)that the observed variation was due mostly to genes
• C)that the observed variation was due mostly to the environment
• D)there was little variability in the group under observation
• E)genes were completely responsible for the expression of height

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