Measurable heritable characteristics like brain abnormalities, attention processing deficits, or eye movements that give clues about specific genes involved in psychological disorders are called ____.
A) endophenotypes
B) iatrogenic effects
C) base rates for a behavior
D) genetic linkages

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Endophenotypes are measurable components unseen by the unaided eye along the pathway between disease and distal genotype. They can include any measurable biological, psychological, or cognitive factor that provides a closer link to the genetic underpinnings of disease than the disease phenotype itself.

Measurable Heritable Characteristics Like Brain Abnormalities, Attention Processing Deficits, or Eye