A Science Teacher Is Attempting to Convince Her Class That

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Essay

A science teacher is attempting to convince her class that alcoholism,which has long been known to be a disease of polygenic inheritance,really is partially genetically determined.You are asked to assist in the design of an experiment that will help show eighth graders genetic transmission of differences in alcohol drinking.You have been given outbred rats as your experimental model.Set up a quantitative experiment that would test the hypothesis that alcoholism,as determined by amount of alcohol drunk,is a quantitative trait.

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Definitions:

Decision-Making Principles

Guidelines or criteria used to make choices among alternatives.

Determination of Parties

The process of identifying the entities or individuals involved in an agreement, conflict, or legal case.

Ethical Intensity

The magnitude of ethical concern perceived in a situation, influenced by factors like potential harm, social pressure, and probability of effect.

Vary Directly

A relationship where an increase in one variable corresponds with an increase in another variable.