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.
E) a genome-wide association study.

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Homozygosity mapping is a gene discovery technique that identifies regions of the genome where individuals have the same alleles much more often than expected by chance because of shared ancestry. It is commonly used in families with inherited diseases caused by recessive mutations.

A Gene Discovery Technique That Looks at Regions of the Genome