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the graph shows the percentage of dog breeds affected by elbow dysplasia, which causes dogs to limp. What???s the most likely explanation for the mixed breed???s disease incidence?

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it have low diversities 
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Answer:

The most likely explanation is that the mixed race has a low diversity in genes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Elbow dysplasia is a condition that causes a bad development in the elbows of dogs, causing a bad formation of cartilage in that region of the paw, or a bad structure of the surrounding bones.

This condition is common in mixed breeds, because these breeds have little diversity of genes, allowing this disease to be passed to the offspring during crossbreeding between dogs that already have the disease.

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