If all variation among individuals in a population is due to differing genotypes alone, heritability is _____, and the slope of the line used to measure it is _____.
A)100%; 0.5
B)100%; 1
C)50%; 0.5
D)50%; 1
E)0%; 0

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If all variation is due to differing genotypes alone, then heritability is 100% because all differences in traits are due to genetic variation. Additionally, the slope of the line used to measure heritability is 1 because there is a perfect correlation between genotype and phenotype.

If All Variation Among Individuals in a Population Is Due