Heritability is defined as a/an:
A) interdisciplinary field of study concerned with the genetic bases of individual differences in behaviour and personality.
B) process in which individuals with genetically influenced traits that are adaptive in a particular environment tend to survive and reproduce.
C) statistical estimate of the proportion of the total variance in some trait that is attributable to genetic differences among individuals within a group.
D) statistical estimate of the proportion of the total variance in some trait that is attributable to environment.

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Heritability is a statistical estimate of the proportion of the total variance in some trait that is attributable to genetic differences among individuals within a group. It does not imply that a trait is entirely determined by genetics or that the same trait will have the same degree of heritability in all populations or environments.

Heritability Is Defined as A/an