Segregation analysis of complex phenotypes: an application to schizophrenia and auditory P300 latency.

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Segregation analysis of complex phenotypes: an application to schizophrenia and auditory P300 latency.

Psychiatric genetics - 1 Jan 1994

Sham P C, Morton N E, Muir W J, Walker M, Collins A, Shields D C, St Clair D M, Blackwood D H

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Traditional models of the genetic transmission of human diseases have often assumed that the phenotype is a simple dichotomous trait, which is unrealistic for many psychiatric conditions, and may result in loss of valuable information. We describe a new model for complex phenotypes, implemented i...

Topics

Discriminant Analysis
Electroencephalography
Evoked Potentials, Auditory
Female
Genetic Linkage
Genotype
Humans
Male
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
Reaction Time
Schizophrenia

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