
PSYCH 095: Genetics of Schizophrenia
Medlock Holmes enters perhaps the most intricate room in the entire Psychiatric Archive.
Above the doorway is engraved:
“The Library of Inheritance.”
Thousands of leather-bound books stretch from floor to ceiling.
Each volume represents a human genome.
Holmes expects to find a single book labelled The Schizophrenia Gene.
Instead, he finds nothing of the sort.
The librarian smiles.
“You are looking for one culprit.”
“There are hundreds.”
“And none acts alone.”
Holmes immediately understands.
Schizophrenia is not caused by one defective gene.
It is the consequence of many genetic variations…
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