While Studying a Sample for Height Differences, Researchers Observed That

question 119

Multiple Choice

While studying a sample for height differences, researchers observed that the height of the participants varied significantly regardless of whether the participants' parents were short or tall. This suggests that the physical characteristic of height is most likely an example of

• A) niche-picking.
• B) X-linked inheritance.
• C) genetic imprinting.
• D) polygenic inheritance.

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