Knowing the heritability of intelligence, you can predict how much of

A. an individual's intelligence is due to their genes.
B. an individual's intelligence is due to their environment.
C. the difference between two people's intelligence is due to differences in their genes.
D. the differences in intelligence observed across the population is due to genes.


Answer: D

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