Aside from inherited diseases caused by single mutant genes, for the majority of SNPs implicated in disease, how does carrying a copy affect a person's risk for acquiring that disease?

A. It increases it dramatically.
B. It increases it moderately.
C. It decreases it dramatically.
D. It decreases it moderately.
E. It decreases it minimally.


B

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What will be an ideal response?

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