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It's worth noting that in the case of identical twins, with one having schizophrenia, the other twin is only 50% likely to develop it as well. This would sugges
by stri8ed 10y ago
It's worth noting that in the case of identical twins, with one having schizophrenia, the other twin is only 50% likely to develop it as well. This would suggest that genetics are not the sole determining factor, at least in schizophrenia.
- TTPrograms 10y ago50% is a massive correlation, as far as typical hereditary causes go.
- sp332 10y agoYes, but it shows that genes are not the only factor. It implies that 50% of people with a "schizophrenia gene" might never develop the disease.
- danieltillett 10y agoOr that the diagnosis of schizophrenia is not measuring the underlying disease state. Schizophrenia is one of those episodic diseases where each acute phase causes accumulated damage. You would expect that a small environmental trigger experienced by one twin to compound to a large difference in disease outcome.