You are researcher studying autism and find that the concordance among monozygotic twins is 77% while the concordance in dizygotic twins is 16%. What can you conclude from your data? A Autism is determined by genetics only B Autism is determined by environment only C Autism is more strongly governed by environment and less strongly governed by genetics D Autism has a strong genetic component. E Dizygotic twins can run faster.
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This means that if one identical twin has autism, there's a 77% chance the other twin will also have it. For fraternal twins, this probability drops to 16%. Show more…
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