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E Shink1, J Morissette, N Barden
1Neuroscience, CHUL Research Center and Laval University, Québec, Canada.
Abstract:
We previously reported a genome-wide scan for bipolar affective disorder based on a multigenerational family sampled from a relatively homogeneous population derived from founding families that migrated to an isolated area of Quebec from the early 1830s onwards. For the genome scan, the pedigree was split into five branches to facilitate calculation and a second family was added to more specifically analyze chromosome 12 results. In the present study, we reanalyzed the undivided pedigree after genealogical links were reconstructed over ten generations to investigate a founder effect using an algorithm in the SIMWALK2 package. Our results do not lend support to the presence of a common haplotype shared among affected individuals.
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