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phys_student1
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Hi,
Consider person A. She has a (genetic) mutation in trait T. By comparing to her parents, we conclude that T was not inherited from parents since they lack T.
Now A marry another person B. He has a moderate "amount" of T.
They give birth to a child C. I know that there are probabilities going on here, but my point is, when we consider A as mother and C as child, can we say anything about the heritability of T from A to C?
If T should be specified, consider it the intelligence (Yes, I DO know that there is much of debate about how much of intelegance is due to parents and how much is due to environment, etc. But this is not the point here)
Consider person A. She has a (genetic) mutation in trait T. By comparing to her parents, we conclude that T was not inherited from parents since they lack T.
Now A marry another person B. He has a moderate "amount" of T.
They give birth to a child C. I know that there are probabilities going on here, but my point is, when we consider A as mother and C as child, can we say anything about the heritability of T from A to C?
If T should be specified, consider it the intelligence (Yes, I DO know that there is much of debate about how much of intelegance is due to parents and how much is due to environment, etc. But this is not the point here)
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