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I am doing an assignment about the genetics of Schizophrenia. Could you provide me with one article, including the bibliography as a starting point?

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This solution provides an excellent article discussing the genetic evidence for the basis of schizophrenia.

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Schizophrenia is a disorder consisting of an array of behavioral and psychological abnormalities influenced by multiple genetic loci.

Sivagnansundaram et al (2003) concluded that:

- Overall the attempts thus far to discover specific genes or precise chromosomal locations involved in schizophrenia have been mixed, with some promising leads such as the group of genes that impact on the NMDA system.

-It is possible that the sheer ...

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