Researchers found that for autism and schizophrenia, the number of de novo mutations leading to those conditions went up with the age of

a. the father but not the mother.
b. the father and the mother.
c. the mother but not the father.
d. the infant at birth.


Answer: a. the father but not the mother.

Psychology

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