Which of the Following Serious Diseases Is Due to Dominant

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following serious diseases is due to dominant alleles?

• A) Cooley's anemia
• B) sickle cell anemia
• C) Huntington disease
• D) hemophilia

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Definitions:

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response tendency; in biology, the dying out of a species.

Commission

An instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people.

Fixed-ratio Schedule

This is a schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded only after a specified number of responses.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process where behavior is controlled by consequences, including reinforcements and punishments to increase or decrease the behavior's occurrence.