Multiple Choice
The heritability coefficient is used to estimate
A) the probability that a person will share a given gene with his or her parents
B) the probability that a person will share a given gene with a sibling
C) the extent to which variation in a group of people can be accounted for by environmental factors
D) the extent to which variation in a group of people can be accounted for by genetic factors
E) none of these; the heritability coefficient does not tell us anything about contributions to a trait/characteristic
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