JANUARY 2014
‘Jumping Genes’ Linked to Schizophrenia
A new study suggests that roaming bits of DNA that can relocate and proliferate throughout the genome, called ‘jumping genes’, may contribute to schizophrenia. The study could help explain how genes and environment work together to produce the complex disorder and may even point to ways of lowering the risk of the disease.
Publications
- Genetic Variants of LRRK2 in Taiwanese Parkinson’s Disease
- Identification of Novel Genetic Alterations in Samples of Malignant Glioma Patients
- A Phylogenetic Model for Understanding the Effect of Gene Duplication on Cancer Progression
- A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Coding Region of PGC-1α is a Male-Specific Modifier of Huntington Disease Age-At-Onset in a Large European Cohort
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