If the heritability of height is calculated to be .80, this means 80 percent of ____

a. ?your physical height is due to genes, and the other 20 percent is due to environment
b. ?people studied have the same genes for height
c. ?the differences in height among people are due to genes
d. ?your genes for height have been activated


ANSWER:
c

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