Twin and adoption studies indicate:

a. Since alcoholism tends to follow family lines, it must be inherited
b. The heritability for alcoholism is around 50–60 percent
c. Alcoholism is determined more by environment than genetics
d. The heritability for alcoholism is around 20–30 percent


B

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a) True b) False

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