Myopia Is One of the Few Health Conditions to

question 32

Multiple Choice

Myopia is one of the few health conditions to

• A) decrease with age.
• B) be entirely preventable.
• C) increase with SES.
• D) be naturally reversible.

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Definitions:

Dominant Phenotype

The observable trait or characteristics of an organism that masks the effect of a recessive allele; it is expressed in the phenotype when a dominant allele is present.

Genotype

The genetic constitution of an individual organism, determining specific traits by its DNA sequence.

Aa

An abbreviation often used in genetics to denote a homozygous recessive genotype.

Homozygous Genotype

A genetic condition where an individual has two identical alleles for a particular trait.