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Detection of Phenotype Modifier Genes Using Two-Locus Linkage Analysis in Complex Disorders Such as Major Psychosis
Author(s) -
Alexandre Bureau,
Jordie Croteau,
Chantal Mérette,
Alain Fournier,
MarieChristine Chag,
MarcAndré Roy,
Michel Maziade
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
human heredity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1423-0062
pISSN - 0001-5652
DOI - 10.1159/000341392
Subject(s) - phenotype , psychosis , locus (genetics) , genetics , genetic linkage , gene , biology , linkage (software) , psychology , psychiatry
To increase power to detect modifier loci conferring susceptibility to specific phenotypes such as disease diagnoses which are part of a broader disorder spectrum by jointly modeling a modifier and a broad susceptibility gene and to identify modifier loci conferring specific susceptibility to schizophrenia (SZ) or to bipolar disorder (BP) using the approach.

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