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Explain why some traits cannot be easily changed even though they are heritable.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Traits are familial if members of the same family share them, for whatever reason. Traits are heritable only if the similarity arises from shared genotypes. ... Thus, heritability is demonstrated even if the actual genes causing the variation are not known.

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Traits heritable only if the similarity arises from shared genotypes

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