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Zulu123

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Chemical substances that affect the functioning of distant body systems and sometimes act as neuromodulators are known as
 
  a. hormones
  b. glands
  c. ventricles
  d. endocrines

Question 2

The major problem with family incidence studies that ask whether diseases run in families is that even when they find a higher prevalence of a certain illness in families with one ill proband,
 
  a. the finding is consistent with both genetic and environmental causation.
  b. they cannot determine if a single gene or multiple genes are involved.
  c. they cannot determine if dominant genes or recessive genes are involved.
  d. they can only study families with identical twins.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a.



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