If You Are a Human Geneticist Looking for an Ideal

question 57

Multiple Choice

If you are a human geneticist looking for an ideal population in which to map disease genes, which of the following characteristics would help the mapping study?

• A) small family sizes with well-known genealogies
• B) a population where all members have the disease
• C) large family sizes with little known genealogies
• D) large family sizes with well-known genealogies

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