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A large multiplex schizophrenia pedigree ascertained from the Micronesian nation of Palau was genotyped with 406 microsatellite DNA markers evenly distributed throughout the genome. Assuming autosomal dominant inheritance, the highest genome-wide lod scores were found for DNA loci mapping to 2p13–14; the maximum lod score was 2.17 (theta = 0.05) at D2S441. A nonparametric APM analysis was also suggestive at D2S441 (APM score = 2.96, P = 0.011). Of the 14 affected cases in this extended family, eight share a large haplotype in this region spanning ∼11 cM. When 16 other families containing 65 schizophrenic cases were typed in a follow-up study of this region, the maximum lod score remained positive (maximum at D2S441 1.69, theta = 0.20). APM results also remained positive at D2S441 for all 17 families (APM score = 4.87, P = 0.0006). The linkage and haplotype sharing results provide suggestive evidence for a 2p locus predisposing to schizophrenia in a subset of families in the Palauan population.
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Coon, H., Myles-Worsley, M., Tiobech, J. et al. Evidence for a chromosome 2p13–14 schizophrenia susceptibility locus in families from Palau, Micronesia. Mol Psychiatry 3, 521–527 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4000453
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