Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Michael Cummings
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 4QP
Do you think Frederick William’s experiment would have worked better if he had ordered brother–sister marriages within tall families instead of just choosing the tallest individuals from throughout the country?
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