Researchers Have Had Trouble Replicating Studies That Found a Particular

question 40

Multiple Choice

 Researchers have had trouble replicating studies that found a particular gene linked to schizophrenia. According to one recent hypothesis, ____.

• A) genes in fact have nothing to do with schizophrenia
• B) the same genes responsible for schizophrenia also produce Huntington's disease
• C) spontaneous mutations in any of hundreds of genes can cause schizophrenia
• D) most genetic researchers fail to examine the X and Y chromosomes

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