The concordance rate for schizophrenia among identical twins is .40; the concordance rate for Schizophrenia is only .10 if a person's parent has schizophrenia. Explain what these number mean
Include a discussion of nature and nurture in your response.
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This means that if one MZ twin has schizophrenia, there is a 40% chance that the other twin will also develop this disorder, whereas there is only a 10% chance of developing it if your mother or father has it. The higher rate for identical twins means that there is a genetic component to schizophrenia. However, there is still a 60% of not getting schizophrenia if your MZ has it, so environment plays a greater role than genes.
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