Suppose that in a twin design family study, the average trait similarity within identical twins was no higher than for fraternal twins. The same environment was shared within all twin pairs. This outcome implies that
A) heritability for the trait is high.
B) heritability is moderate.
C) heritability is low.
D) heritability cannot be estimated.
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