Monozygotic twins affected with major depressive disorder have greater variance in methylation than their unaffected co-twin

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Byrne, E M ^a   Carrillo Roa, T ^b   Henders, A K ^b   Bowdler, L ^b   McRae, A F ^a,b   Heath, A C ^c   Martin, N G ^b   Montgomery, G W ^b   Krause, L ^b   Wray, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epigenetics; MDD; Methylation; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE REGISTRY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROBE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASES IN TWINS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84879974396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.45     Document Type: Article

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