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strangeaffliction

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Which of the following is not true of heritability?
 
  a. It is a population statistic.
  b. It refers to the percentage of the average difference in a trait within a specific population that is inherited.
  c. A heritability statistic of 1.0 means that 100 of the differences in a trait is inherited.
  d. It refers to how much of any one person's characteristics that are inherited.

Question 2

Heritability refers to the extent to which _________ in any trait within a population are attributed to inheritance.
 
  a. similarities c. mutations
  b. differences d. commonalities


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

D

Answer to Question 2

B


strangeaffliction

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent

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