You Study a Complex Trait in the Offspring of a Cross

question 157

Multiple Choice

You study a complex trait in the offspring of a cross between inbred lines, and you discover that the heritability is 0. How can this result be explained?

• A)There is no genetic variation among offspring.
• B)The offspring are homozygous for all genes in which the parents differ.
• C)The offspring are heterozygous for all genes in which the parents differ.
• D)The environmental variation on the trait is huge.
• E)None of the other answer options is correct.

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Definitions:

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