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You Decide to Carry Out Genetic Association Studies and Identify

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You decide to carry out genetic association studies and identify a SNP variant that is found significantly more often in individuals who have schizophrenia than in those who are not affected.This SNP is found within an intron of the SZP gene.
A.Can you deduce that an abnormality of the SZP gene is a cause of increased risk of schizophrenia?
B.Can you say whether the SNP variant itself is a cause?

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A.No, you cannot be sure of this.The SZP...

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