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MirandaLo

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on: Jul 10, 2018
Heritability is __________.
 
  a. a direct measure of specific gene's contribution to a trait
  b. a population statistic offering little specific knowledge
  c. a direct measure of how a specific environment affects a trait
  d. a way to determine if twins are MZ or DZ

Question 2

A significantly higher concordance rate for a trait in MZ twins indicates that may be important in the expression of that trait.
 
  a. the environment
  b. pleiotropy
  c. genetic factors
  d. the house in which the twins were raised


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s.meritte

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer b

Answer to Question 2

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MirandaLo

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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