Multifactorial Disorders and Inheritance
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What is the primary factor that contributes to multifactorial disorders?

  • A single genetic variant
  • Environmental exposures only
  • Complex interactions among multiple genetic variants and environmental exposures (correct)
  • Chance events only

    • What is the characteristic of a qualitative trait?

  • It is influenced by a single genetic variant
  • It is only found in families with a high disease frequency
  • It is either present or not (correct)
  • It can be measured on a continuous scale

    • What is the purpose of using the normal distribution in quantitative traits?

  • To derive an arbitrary interval around the population average (correct)
  • To identify individuals with a disease
  • To calculate the relative risk ratio
  • To determine the population average

    • What is the definition of familial aggregation?

    <p>The phenomenon of certain families being more highly affected by a disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of a quantitative trait?

    <p>It can be measured on a continuous scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relative risk ratio a measure of?

    <p>The likelihood of developing a disease given a certain genetic variant</p> Signup and view all the answers

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