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
Answer: C
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