Linkage analysis of a complex pedigree with severe bipolar disorder, using a Markov chain Monte Carlo method

C. Garner, L. A. McInnes, S. K. Service, M. Spesny, E. Fournier, P. Leon, N. B. Freimer

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Abstract

Recently developed algorithms permit nonparametric linkage analysis of large, complex pedigrees with multiple inbreeding loops. We have used one such algorithm, implemented in the package Sim Walk2, to reanalyze previously published genome-screen data from a Costa Rican kindred segregating for severe bipolar disorder. Our results are consistent with previous linkage findings on chromosome 18 and suggest a new locus on chromosome 5 that was not identified using traditional linkage analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1061-1064
Number of pages4
JournalAmerican Journal of Human Genetics
Volume68
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

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