Article
The impact of phenotypic variation on genetic analysis: application to X-linkage in manic-depressive illness.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Sept 1990
Baron M, Hamburger R, Sandkuyl L A, Risch N, Mandel B, Endicott J, Belmaker R H, Ott J
Abstract excerpt
Genetic linkage studies have opened new vistas for behavioral and psychiatric genetics. However, phenotypic diversity and diagnostic uncertainties can lead to spurious linkage findings. A method of analysis is proposed that takes these factors into account. When applied to manic-depressive disease, the results indicate that previous evidence for a major gene localized on the distal long arm of the X-chromosome...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chromosome Mapping
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Lod Score
