A heritability estimate of 0.5 percent indicates that:
A. a particular trait has been shaped by factors other than the environment and genetics.
B. the environment shaped a trait exclusively.
C. both genes and the environment had an equal role in shaping a particular trait.
D. genes are 100 percent responsible for variances in a trait within a population.
Answer: C
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