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18506107
TITLE
Linkage analysis in a large family from Pakistan with depression and a high incidence of consanguineous marriages.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES NlmCategory: OBJECTIVE
A genome wide scan for linkage was performed in a five generation family with a high incidence of depression and high average coefficient of inbreeding ascertained in a rural area of Pakistan. The effect of inbreeding on linkage analysis in an extended pedigree is discussed.
METHODS NlmCategory: METHODS
372 microsatellite markers were used in a genome wide linkage study. Inbreeding coefficients were measured by two methods using both genealogical and genotype data.
RESULTS NlmCategory: RESULTS
Of 111 family members with phenotypic information, 82 were diagnosed with recurrent major depression. Linkage analysis using the program Superlink online generated LOD scores of less than one at all loci. A model free analysis with SimWalk did not result in any significant linkage score. The mean inbreeding coefficient was 0.038 estimated from genealogical data and 0.02 estimated from the genotype data. These results did not differ significantly. The effects of inbreeding included a reduction in the polymorphism information content of markers and an overestimate of marker allele frequencies.
CONCLUSION NlmCategory: CONCLUSIONS
The analysis of very large families is computationally demanding. Problems encountered in this analysis, including loss of power due to reduced polymorphism information content and sensitivity of the LOD score method to estimates of allele frequencies, severely limited the chance of detecting linkage.
Copyright 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.
DATE PUBLISHED
2008
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2007/07/05
accepted 2007/10/10
aheadofprint 2008/05/28
pubmed 2008/05/29 09:00
medline 2008/08/08 09:00
entrez 2008/05/29 09:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Ayub M Ayub Muhammad M St Luke's Hospital, Middlesborough, UK. mohammad.ayub@tney.northy.nhs.uk
Irfan M Irfan Muhammad M
Maclean A Maclean Alan A
Naeem F Naeem Farooq F
MacGregor S MacGregor Stuart S
Visscher PM Visscher Peter M PM
Muir W Muir Walter W
Blackwood D Blackwood Douglas D
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 66
ISSUE: 3
TITLE: Human heredity
ISOABBREVIATION: Hum. Hered.
YEAR: 2008
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CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1423-0062
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Hum Hered
COUNTRY: Switzerland
ISSNLINKING: 0001-5652
NLMUNIQUEID: 0200525
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
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GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Consanguinity
Depressive Disorder genetics
Family genetics
Genetic Linkage genetics
Genome, Human genetics
Humans genetics
Incidence genetics
Lod Score genetics
Microsatellite Repeats genetics
Pakistan genetics
Pedigree genetics
Polymorphism, Genetic genetics
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