By selectively breeding pairs of maze "bright" and maze "dull" rats, Tryon
demonstrated
a. the importance of parenting in trait expression.
b. that the expression of a trait through selective breeding cannot be maintained indefinitely.
c. that a trait can be manipulated to appear more or less often across succeeding generations.
d. how to determine all of the variables that affect the expression of a trait.
e. the reliability of concordance research in estimating heritability.
c. that a trait can be manipulated to appear more or less often across succeeding
generations.
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