If the heritability estimate for height is 90% and your parents are both tall, which of the following statements is ACCURATE?
A) You have a 90% chance of being tall.
B) Ninety percent of your parent's children will be tall.
C) You will achieve about 90% of your parent's combined heights.
D) It is impossible with certainty to predict height from this estimate.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Heritability estimates indicate the proportion of variation in a trait attributable to genetic factors in a population, not individual predictions. Therefore, it is not possible to predict an individual's height with certainty based on heritability alone.

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