It is difficult to measure any type of heritability without the ability to perfo

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It is difficult to measure any type of heritability without the ability to perform specific crosses. However, vast population studies enable estimation of heritability for some characters in human beings. Some estimated broad-sense heritabilities include:

Character                                 H2

stature                                      0.85

body weight                            0.62

systolic blood pressure            0.57

diastolic blood pressure           0.44

twinning                                  0.50

Which of these characteristics is most likely to “run in families”?

body weight

diastolic blood pressure

stature

systolic blood pressure

twinning

body weight

diastolic blood pressure

stature

systolic blood pressure

twinning

Explanation / Answer

The characteristics that are most likely to “run in families” are:

So all are true

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