A gene discovery technique that looks at regions of the genome where individuals have the same alleles much more often than expected by chance,because their ancestors were blood relatives,is called
A)homozygosity mapping.
B)heterozygosity mapping.
C)the defective sibling pair approach.
D)empiric risk.

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Homozygosity mapping looks at regions of the genome where individuals have the same alleles much more often than expected by chance due to shared ancestry. This technique can help identify regions of the genome that may contain disease-causing genes.

A Gene Discovery Technique That Looks at Regions of the Genome