Genome-wide association study results for educational attainment aid in identifying genetic heterogeneity of schizophrenia
Educational attainment and schizophrenia have a negative phenotypic relationship but show positive genetic correlation. Here, the authors study genetic dependence between the two traits and find that multiple genes have pleiotropic effects on both without a systematic pattern of sign concordance.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-08-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05510-z |