Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305251052
Author: Michael Cummings
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 19QP
Researchers set up an obesity study in which MZ and DZ twins who served in the armed forces were studied at induction into the military and 25 years later. Results indicated that obesity has a strong genetic component.
- a. What are some of the problems with this study?
- b. Design a better study to test whether obesity has a genetic component.
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