Which Is Not Correct About Genetic Effects on Behavior

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which is not correct about genetic effects on behavior?

• A) In mice,the fosB gene acts as an innate releasing mechanism.
• B) Mice with a normal fosB gene will initially inspect their young but then ignore them.
• C) Identical twins are a good model system to study the influence of genes on behavior.
• D) When two species of lovebirds that differ in the way they carry twigs were mated,their offspring showed an intermediate phenotype.

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