Ratio of additive variance to phenotypic variance is called___________________?
Correct answer: C. Heritability (narrow sense)
- A. Heritability (broad sense)
- B. Co-heritability
- C. Heritability (narrow sense)
- D. Genetic gain
Explanation
Narrow-sense heritability is the proportion of phenotypic variance due specifically to additive genetic variance, written as VA/VP. Broad-sense heritability includes dominance and epistatic variance as well.
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