Schizophrenia, hypertension, and diabetes are ____

a. caused by a mutation to the same common allele
b. believed to be diseases carried on the Y chromosome
c. caused only by environmental factors
d. caused by a single gene mutation
e. considered to involve complex traits


ANSWER: a

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