When we say that schizophrenia is a heritable disease, we mean that
a. a person who has inherited a "schizophrenia gene" will eventually develop the disease.
b. a person inherits a tendency toward schizophrenia which may be triggered in certain
environments.
c. the likelihood of a person with a "schizophrenia gene" developing the disease is
influenced solely by the biological family history.
d. it is not possible to carry an unexpressed "schizophrenia gene."
e. schizophrenia is genetically transmitted as a recessive allele.
b. a person inherits a tendency toward schizophrenia which may be triggered in
certain environments.
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