Genetic Disorders Caused by Multiple Genes Interacting with the Environment

question 99

Multiple Choice

Genetic disorders caused by multiple genes interacting with the environment are called

• A) polygenic.
• B) autosomal.
• C) ecological.
• D) multifactorial.

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Definitions:

Population

The entire group of individuals or items that share one or more characteristics, from which samples may be drawn for statistical analysis.

Sample Value

A single observation or measurement taken from a larger set of data, known as a sample.

Significant Difference

A statistical assessment that shows that the observed results in a study were unlikely to have occurred by chance.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, typically used to measure the accuracy of sample mean estimates.