Progress in a genome scan for linkage in schizophrenia in a large Swedish kindred

C. L. Barr, J. L. Kennedy, A. J. Pakstis, L. Wetterberg, B. Sjogren, L. Bierut, C. Wadelius, J. Wahlstrom, T. Martinsson, L. Giuffra, J. Gelernter, J. Hallmayer, H. W. Moises, J. Kurth, L. L. Cavalli-Sforza, K. K. Kidd

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Abstract

Genetic linkage studies of a kindred from Sweden segregating for schizophrenia have been performed using a genetic model (autosomal dominant, f = 0.72, q = 0.02, phenocopies = 0.001) as described in Kennedy et al., 1988. Analyses of the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), allele-specific oligonucleotides (ASO), and short tandem repeat (STR also called microsatellite) data for 180 polymorphisms (individual probe-enzyme, ASO, or STR systems) at 155 loci have been completed using the MLINK and LIPED programs. Linkage to schizophrenia was excluded, under the given model, at 47 loci; indeterminate lod scores occurred at 108 loci. The total exclusion region across 20 chromosomes is estimated at 330 cM; 211 cM excluded by pairwise analyses and 119 cM previously excluded by multipoint analyses (Kennedy et al., 1989: Schizophr Bull 15:383-391; Moises et al. 1991: Genet Epidemiol 2:99-110; Hallmayer et al., 1992: Arch Gen Psychiatry 49:216-219).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-58
Number of pages8
JournalAmerican journal of medical genetics
Volume54
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1994

Keywords

  • genetics
  • linkage
  • schizophrenia

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