The strongest research support for the existence of a genetic component to schizophrenia is that:

A. children whose adoptive parents are schizophrenic also tend to be schizophrenic
B. non-identical twins are more likely to share the disorder than identical twins
C. identical twins are more likely to share the disorder than non-identical twins
D. a chromosome abnormality has been found in many diagnosed schizophrenics


Answer: C

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