A study of adopted children and their biological and adoptive parents would provide more accurate estimates of heritability if

A. genome-wide association studies of all participants were performed.
B. adoptive families represented the same range of environments as biological families.
C. only children from a narrow range of environments is used to control environmental factors as much as possible.
D. genetic variation was greater in the adoptive parents than biological parents.


Answer: B

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