Studies of the Offspring of Nonschizophrenic Co-Twins from Discordant Twin

question 88

Multiple Choice

Studies of the offspring of nonschizophrenic co-twins from discordant twin pairs suggest that ________

• A) environmental factors play a more important role than genetic factors in the origin of schizophrenia.
• B) genetic factors cause schizophrenia, while environmental factors are essentially unimportant.
• C) a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia may remain unexpressed in some individuals unless it is released by some unknown environmental factors.
• D) the heritability of schizophrenia involves the transmission of a single dominant gene.

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