Behavioral Geneticists Can Examine Twins Who Have Been Misdiagnosed as Identical

question 60

Multiple Choice

Behavioral geneticists can examine twins who have been misdiagnosed as identical or fraternal to test:

• A)shared environments.
• B)selective breeding.
• C)genotype-environment correlation.
• D)the validity of the equal environments assumption.

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