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Suppose That the Characteristic of Height Is Found to Be

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Suppose that the characteristic of height is found to be 75% heritable in a given population.What does this mean?


A) In this population,75% of a person's height is due to his or her genes.
B) In this population,75% of the variation among people in height is due to genetic variation among people.
C) In this population,there is a 75% chance that an individual will inherit the same height as his or her parent (of the same sex) .
D) Differences between the average heights of this population and of a different population (e.g. ,people from a different country or a different generation,etc. ) will be 75% due to genetic variation.
E) All of the above.

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