The Phenotypic Deviation That Is Transmitted from Parents to Their

question 35

Multiple Choice

The phenotypic deviation that is transmitted from parents to their offspring is known as:

• A)additive genetic variance.
• B)dominance variance.
• C)environmental variance.
• D)total genetic variance.
• E)transmissible variance.

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