Which statement from the passage establishes the author's claim?
(1 point)
Responses
"Yet genetic studies are now dominated by that subset, according to a new article in Cell."
"Yet genetic studies are now dominated by that subset, according to a new article in Cell."
"Sometime around 80,000 years ago, a small number of descendants left the continent and radiated around the globe, taking with them just a subset of the genes and genetic variation that their ancestors had developed."
"Sometime around 80,000 years ago, a small number of descendants left the continent and radiated around the globe, taking with them just a subset of the genes and genetic variation that their ancestors had developed."
"According to the researchers, heavily biased genetic databases could—and do—lead scientists and doctors to diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments that might be relevant to people with European genes, but not for people from other racial backgrounds."
"According to the researchers, heavily biased genetic databases could—and do—lead scientists and doctors to diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments that might be relevant to people with European genes, but not for people from other racial backgrounds."
"As of last year, 78 percent of the people included in the most prominent form of genomic research—genome-wide association studies (GWAS)—were of European ancestry."
2 answers
Quiz answers are:
1. Why should readers preview headings in an expository article? Select the two correct answers.
-to predict the context of the text.
-to analyze the text structure
2. Based on the information in the passage, which cause completes the graphic organizer? Select the two correct answers.
-to build up oxygen.
-to cool the brain.
3. Drag and drop the words into the correct locations.
A/An ARGUMENTATIVE text is one that presents a/an CLAIM.
4. What is the goal of an argumentative text?
-to convince the reader to accept a claim.
5. Which statement from the passage establishes the author's claim?
-"According to the researchers, heavily biased genetic databases could—and do—lead scientists and doctors to diagnose conditions or prescribe treatments that might be relevant to people with European genes, but not for people from other racial backgrounds."