Children of immigrant parents who moved from a country in which nutrition was inadequate often grow up to be taller than their parents. But the taller parents among the immigrant group tend to have taller children. This indicates that ____________
a. height is not heritable
b. the expression of genes depends partly on environment
c. eating adequate amounts of food is a strong genetic trait
d. without adequate nutrition, genes tend not to express at all
Answer: B
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