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Chapter 6. Genetics

Prabhakara V. Choudary, Ph.D., F.R.S.C.; James A. Knowles, M.D., Ph.D.
DOI: 10.1176/appi.books.9781585623402.303582

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Most important discoveries are usually not solved in one "Eureka" moment, as movie scripts sometimes suggest, . . . but require scientists to make not one, but a number of original discoveries and to persist in pursuing them until a discovery is complete.

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Underlying the optimism for impending breakthroughs in psychiatric genetics are the remarkable advances taking place in the field of human molecular genetics. Which of the following statements concerning human genetics is false?
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There is considerable evidence in support of genetic transmission of various psychiatric disorders. For which of the following psychiatric disorders is genetic transmission supported by family risk studies, twin studies, adoption studies, and molecular studies?
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Adoption studies are based on the knowledge that adoption separates the two major influences parents have on their children, namely, genes and rearing. Several types of adoption studies have used which of the following as an accurate description of the "cross-fostering strategy"?
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