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COMPARISON of adoptive parents of persons with a psychiatric disorder with their biological parents provides a unique opportunity to separate the interacting aetiological roles of heredity and environment. We have conducted such a study in manic-depressive illness; the results strongly support the importance of genetic factors in the transmission of this disorder.
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MENDLEWICZ, J., RAINER, J. Adoption study supporting genetic transmission in manic–depressive illness. Nature 268, 327–329 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/268327a0
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