Opposite risk patterns for autism and schizophrenia are associated with normal variation in birth size: Phenotypic support for hypothesized diametric gene-dosage effects

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1794, 2014, Pages

  Byars, Sean G ^a,c   Stearns, Stephen C ^b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Birth size; Copy number; Genomic imprinting; Parent of origin; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BIRTH RATE; BODY SIZE; DISABILITY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC VARIATION; IMPRINTING; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR;

DENMARK;

EID: 84908120272     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0604     Document Type: Article

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