Copy number variation showers in schizophrenia: An emerging hypothesis

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 356-358

  Singh, S M ^a   Castellani, C A ^a   O'Reilly, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copy number variations; Hypothesis; Meiosis; Replication error; Schizophrenia; Somatic

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

DISEASES IN TWINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 62849102798     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2008.149     Document Type: Article

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