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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The heritability coefficient is a measure used in genetics to estimate the proportion of observed variation in a particular trait (among individuals in a population) that can be attributed to inherited genetic factors, as opposed to environmental factors.

The Heritability Coefficient Is Used to Estimate