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The correlation coefficients for height were determined for 15 pairs of individuals with the following genetic relationships:

Relationship            Correlation Coefficient      Heritability

Mother/daughter:              0.36            
Mother/granddaughter:           0.17      
Sister/sister:                 0.39            
Sister/sister (Dizygotic twins):       0.40   
Sister/sister (Monozygotic twins):     0.77   

Determine the narrow sense heritability for each of the above pairs of individuals.
Source  Lynn Jorde, John Carey, and Michael Bamshad. 2010. Medical Genetics. 4th edition. Mosby. ISBN: 978-0-323-05373-0
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