Foetal origins of schizophrenia: Testable hypotheses of genetic and environmental influences

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Although four-fifths of the variance in schizophrenia is attributable to genes, the locus of genetic defect remains elusive. Moreover, genetic investigation provides little detail, beyond suggesting that the contribution of genes is complex, probably polygenic and unlikely to be sufficient in most cases to allow expression of the syndrome (Vincente & Kennedy, 1997). Some apparently genetic effects also need...

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