The genomics of major psychiatric disorders in a large pedigree from Northern Sweden

摘要

We searched for genetic causes of major psychiatric disorders (bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia) in a large, densely affected pedigree from Northern Sweden that originated with three pairs of founders born around 1650. We applied a systematic genomic approach to the pedigree via karyotyping (N?=?9), genome-wide SNP arrays (N?=?418), whole-exome sequencing (N?=?26), and whole-genome sequencing (N?=?10). Comprehensive analysis did not identify plausible variants of strong effect. Rather, pedigree cases had significantly higher genetic risk scores compared to pedigree and community controls.