M. T. Tsuang and colleagues studied drug dependence in male twin pairs (M. T. Tsuang et al. 1996. American Journal of Medical Genetics 67:473–477). They found that 82 out of 313 monozygotic twin pairs were concordant for abuse of one or more illicit drugs, whereas 40 out of 243 dizygotic twin pairs were concordant for the same trait. Calculate the concordances for drug abuse in these monozygotic and dizygotic twins. On the basis of these data, what conclusion can you draw concerning the roles of genetic and environmental factors in drug abuse?

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