In an effort to determine the influence of genetic characteristics, the degree of similarity between identical twins and fraternal twins is assessed, and the difference between them is used to estimate how much genes account for the obtained differences. This technique is called the ____________ method.

a. dizygotic
b. homologous
c. Mendelian
d. twin


Answer: d. twin

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