Article
Alternative phenotypes for the complex genetics of schizophrenia.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Mar 1999
Freedman R, Adler L E, Leonard S
Abstract excerpt
The complexity of the genetics of schizophrenia has been described by many investigators. In the absence of simple Mendelian inheritance, genetic linkage has not achieved the definitive results found in other illnesses, where such methods have led to the identification of responsible genes. Alternative phenotypes for linkage analysis are proposed as one solution to this problem. These phenotypes, representative...
Topics
- Alleles
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Point Mutation
- Schizophrenia
