Research Has Shown That a Person's Height Is About 81

question 82

Multiple Choice

Research has shown that a person's height is about 81 percent heritable,whereas his or her body mass index (BMI) is about 59 percent heritable.Which of the following is the most accurate interpretation of these findings?​ 

• A)The variability we see in a population's height is more influenced by genetic factors than the variability we see in the population's weight. 
• B)Environmental factors account for only 19 percent of a person's height and 41 percent of a person's BMI. 
• C)We cannot make any conclusions about genetic contributions to either height or weight. 
• D)Knowing the relative genetic contributions to traits such as height or weight does not allow us to compare these two unrelated characteristics of people.

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