Gene Mutation Significantly Ups Risk of Schizophrenia
Share Written by Rick Nauert Tuesday, 27 October 2009 10:45
A research team has found a mutation on human chromosome 16 increases risk for schizophrenia by more than eight-fold for some individuals.
The mutation in question is what scientists call a copy number variant (CNV).
Geneticist Jonathan Sebat, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, identified the mutation.
CNVs are areas of the genome where the number of copies of genes differs between individuals. The CNV is located in a region referred to by scientists as 16p11.2.-- Courtesy of PsychCentral.Com
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