If a trait is highly heritable, it would be expected that the concordance rate for __________.

A. dizygotic twins and monozygotic twins would be comparable
B. dizygotic twins would be greater than the concordance rate for monozygotic twins
C. monozygotic twins would be greater than the concordance rate for dizygotic twins
D. dizygotic twins would be close to 100 percent


Answer: C

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