To estimate the heritability of a particular attribute from twin data, a researcher would have to know
A) the correlation between identical twins reared together and the correlation between identical twins reared apart
B) the correlation between fraternal twins reared together and the correlation between identical twins reared apart
C) the correlation between identical twins reared together and the correlation between fraternal twins reared together
D) any of the above would allow us to estimate the heritability of an attribute
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