Heritability Indicates The

question 25

Multiple Choice

Heritability indicates the:

• A) degree to which a characteristic is genetically determined.
• B) proportion of phenotypic variation in a trait that is due to genetic differences.
• C) degree to which a characteristic is environmentally determined.
• D) proportion of phenotypic variation in a trait that is due to the environment.
• E) extent to which identical twins are phenotypically similar.

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