Chapter 2, Section 5, Exercise 171 Commitment Genes and Cheating Genes In earlie

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Chapter 2, Section 5, Exercise 171 Commitment Genes and Cheating Genes In earlier studies, scientists reported finding a ‘‘commitment gene” in men, in which men with a certain gene variant were much less likely to commit to a monogamous relationship.1 That study involved only men (and we return to it later in this text), but a new study, involving birds this time rather than humans, shows that female infidelity may be inherited.2 Scientists recorded who mated with or rebuffed whom for five generations of captive zebra finches, for a total of 800 males and 754 females. Zebra finches are believed to be a monogamous species, but the study found that mothers who cheat with multiple partners often had daughters who also cheat with multiple partners. To identify whether the effect was genetic or environmental, the scientists switched many of the chicks from their original nests. More cheating by the mother was strongly associated with more cheating by the daughter. Is this a positive or negative association? Positive Negative 1Timmer, J., ‘‘Men with genetic variant struggle with commitment,” arstechnica.com, reporting on a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2009. 2Millus, S., ‘‘Female infidelity may be inherited,” Science News, July 16, 2011, p. 10. Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: Open Show Work SHOW HINT

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The Association is positive. As the behavior of daughter is related to mother and they both are behaving in the same manner, hence we can conclude that the association is positive.

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