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Exploring Boundaries for the Genetic Consequences of Assortative Mating for Psychiatric Traits.
JAMA psychiatry - 1 Nov 2016
Peyrot Wouter J, Robinson Matthew R, Penninx Brenda W J H, Wray Naomi R
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: Considerable partner resemblances have been found for a wide range of psychiatric disorders, meaning that partners of affected individuals have an increased risk of being affected compared with partners of unaffected individuals. If this resemblance is reflected in genetic similarity between partners, genetic risk is anticipated to accumulate in offspring, but these potential consequences have not...
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