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With the Left Hand, a Person Grabs a Handful of Tomato

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With the left hand, a person grabs a handful of tomato seeds that vary genetically from a bag and plants the seeds in a pot. With the right hand, this person grabs seeds from the same bag and plants them in a second pot. The first pot has enriched soil and exposure to sunlight, whereas the nutrients in the second pot's soil have been depleted and the pot is placed in a dark corner. When the tomato plants grow:


A) the heritability of between-pot differences is 100% but the heritability of within-pot differences is 50%.
B) the differences within each pot are due to environment but the heritability of between-pot differences is 100%.
C) the difference between pots is due to variations in soil and sunlight but the heritability of within-pot differences is 100%.
D) the heritability of between-pot differences and within-pot differences are equal, ranging from 50% to 60%.

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