Heritability and Disease
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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

  • 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?

  • 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

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