One Way That Single-Gene Diseases Differ from Other Diseases Is

question 29

Multiple Choice

One way that single-gene diseases differ from other diseases is that

• A) they most often affect people late in life.
• B) they affect consecutive generations.
• C) they occur at the same frequency in every population.
• D) they are not treatable.
• E) it is possible to predict occurrence in specific relatives.

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