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tatyanajohnson

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When studying heritability in humans, an ethical behavior geneticist would be LEAST likely to
 
  a. study identical twins reared apart.
  b. compare the behavior of adopted children to their biological parents.
  c. conduct a selective breeding experiment.
  d. investigate the relationship between behaviors of unrelated siblings (step family members).

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When looking at Fluffy the cat's family tree, Kitka notices that over several generations, owners have deliberately cultivated the characteristic of extremely black fur. This appears to have been accomplished by careful mating combinations in a process called
 
  a. mutation.
  b. selective breeding.
  c. chorionic villus biopsy.
  d. gene therapy.


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aliotak

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

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tatyanajohnson

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Gracias!

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