Based on the Information Provided in the Text, It Can

question 59

Multiple Choice

Based on the information provided in the text, it can be definitively stated that:

• A) studies of human populations have clearly delineated those dietary components that are cancer causing and cancer preventing.
• B) the cancers that have been most clearly linked to foods are those that affect cells related to the immune system.
• C) epidemiological studies have provided the basis for a correlational relationship between dietary group differences and cancer risk and not a causal relationship.
• D) cancers related to high-fat diets are most prevalent in Southeast Asia.

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Definitions:

Heritable

Traits or characteristics that are passed from parents to offspring through genes.

Fraternal Twins

Twins that develop from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm, making them genetically distinct, similar to regular siblings.

Identical Twins

Twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits and forms two embryos, sharing 100% of their DNA.

Heritability

A measure of how much of the variation in a trait among individuals within a population is due to genetic differences.