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geoffrey

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What is one of the limitations in the use of a heritability ratio?
 
  a. It cannot be generalized to the whole population.
  b. It reflects only theoretically diverse environments.
  c. Its calculation ignores environmental variance in a sample.
  d. It can only be used to describe biological characteristics.

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A researcher wants to discover whether a particular behavior is caused by genetic background or by environmental factors. This can be complicated by the ________, the fact that environmental experience is itself affected by genetic background.
 
  a. gene-environment correlation
  b. nature-nurture concordance
  c. evolutionary adaptation
  d. genetic behavioral concordance


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: a.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a.


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