Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) The heritability of a given trait depends on the amount of genetic variability present in a given person at a given time.
B) The relative importance of environmental factors in a trait depends on the amount of environmental variability present in the population.
C) The heritability of any given trait is modulated by the extent to which genetic and environmental factors exert independent influences on that trait at any given time in any given population.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

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The relative importance of environmental factors in a trait does depend on the amount of environmental variability present in the population. Heritability is a population measure and does not apply to individuals, and it is influenced by both genetic and environmental variability.

Which of the Following Statements Is TRUE