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Which of the following best defines heritability?
Which of the following best defines heritability?
- The overall variance of the phenotype
- The proportion of the total variance that is environmental
- The proportion of the total variance that is genetic (correct)
- The sum of the genetic and environmental variance
Heritability is calculated as the ratio of
Heritability is calculated as the ratio of
- Total variance to genetic variance
- Genetic variance to total variance (correct)
- Genetic variance to environmental variance
- Environmental variance to total variance
What does heritability provide information about?
What does heritability provide information about?
- The importance of environmental factors in the causation of a disease
- The importance of genetic factors in the causation of a disease (correct)
- The total variance of the phenotype
- The genetic variance of the phenotype
