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Evidence for a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia on chromosome 6pter–p22

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We have performed linkage analysis in 186 multiplex families to search for genes that predispose to schizophrenia. Under a model with partially dominant inheritance, moderately broad disease definition and assuming locus homogeneity, a lod score of 3.2 was obtained for D6S260 on chromosome 6p23. A multipoint lod score of 3.9 (P=2.3 × 10−5) was achieved when the F13A1 and D6S260 loci were analysed, allowing for locus heterogeneity. Adjusted for testing of multiple models, the multipoint lod score of 3.9 under heterogeneity has a genome wide significance of between 5–8%. The non–parametric affected pedigree member test provided results (P=3 × 10−4) also supporting this finding. Our findings provide supportive evidence for a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia orr distal chromosome 6p, and support a model of locus heterogeneity.

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    Shengbiao Wang, Cui-e Sun, Cynthia A. Walczak & Scott R. Diehl

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  3. Clinical Research Center for Periodontal Diseases, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 23298, USA

    Barbara R. Kipps

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    Lynn R. Goldin

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Wang, S., Sun, Ce., Walczak, C. et al. Evidence for a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia on chromosome 6pter–p22. Nat Genet 10, 41–46 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0595-41

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