Which statement best describes h2 (narrow-sense heritability)?
A) It measures the contribution genotypic variance to total phenotypic variance.
B) The deviation from additive components when they behave epistatically.
C) The proportion of phenotypic variance due to additive genotypic variance alone.
D) The genotypic variance due to additive action of various QTLs.
Answer: C
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