Heritability Measures ________

question 22

Multiple Choice

Heritability measures ________.

• A) the difference between the environmental and genetic influences on a heritable trait of an individual
• B) the degree of influence that the sum of the environmental and genetic factors have on a trait
• C) the portion of the total variation in a trait that is due to variation in genes
• D) the distribution of the phenotypes of the individuals in a normally distributed population

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