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FButt

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Women seeking to reduce the risk of their offspring developing schizophrenia would do well to seek a mate who
 
  a. is in his early twenties.
  b. has abstained from drugs and alcohol.
  c. is older than fifty.
  d. smokes marijuana, but does not use alcohol.
  e. has an identical twin who is schizophrenic.

Question 2

With regard to the genetic basis of schizophrenia,
 
  a. a person with a schizophrenia gene will always develop schizophrenia.
  b. the concordance rate for schizophrenia is lower for monozygotic than dizygotic twins.
  c. adoption studies indicate a biological basis for schizophrenia.
  d. several genes may be involved in schizophrenia.
  e. genes impart a susceptibility to develop schizophrenia.



briezy

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a. is in his early twenties.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: e. genes impart a susceptibility to develop schizophrenia.



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