If your identical twin has schizophrenia, what does that mean for you?
a. If you inherited the gene for schizophrenia, you will be diagnosed with schizophrenia too.
b. Your chances of being diagnosed with schizophrenia are not increased as long as you were not raised by the same parents.
c. Your chances of being diagnosed with schizophrenia are the same as the rest of the populationabout 1 percent.
d. You have about a 50 percent chance of also being diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Question 2
The concordance rate among identical twins for schizophrenia is approximately _________ percent.
a. 10
b. 25
c. 50
d. 90
The twin method can be used to investigate genetic and environmental influences on the development o
Schizophrenia
Inherited DNA directs development of an organism.
Schizophrenia and the Brain
The frequency of bipolar illness in members of monozygotic twin pairs and in first-degree relatives
Selected Cancers with Inherited Predisposition