Open AccessFinger patterns and age of onset for the determination of the parent-of-origin in the transmission of schizophrenia
Author(s) -
R Ponnudurai,
J Jayakar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.148513
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , transmission (telecommunications) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , computer science , telecommunications
Dermatoglyphic traits which are reported to be largely determined by genes could be considered as phenotypic characterestics and if the same are expressed through generations in schizophrenic families it can be speculated to serve as genetic markers for schizophrenia. Another factor that might be influenced by genes is the age of onset of the illness in the offspring and the parent of origin.