What Does a Heritability of

question 16

Multiple Choice

What does a heritability of .9 for height mean?

• A) Ninety percent of a specific person's height is caused by her genes.
• B) Ninety percent of a specific person's height is caused by her environment.
• C) Ninety percent of a specific person's height is caused by the interaction of her genes and environment.
• D) The differences in height across the whole population are 90 percent attributable to genetic variations between that population's members.