A joint history of the nature of genetic variation and the nature of schizophrenia

Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 77 - 83
Published: Aug 19, 2014
Abstract
This essay traces the history of concepts of genetic variation and schizophrenia from Darwin and Mendel to the present. For Darwin, the important form of genetic variation for evolution is continuous in nature and small in effect. Biometricians led by Pearson agreed and developed statistical genetic approaches utilizing trait correlations in relatives. Mendel studied discontinuous traits and subsequent Mendelians, led by Bateson, assumed that...
Paper Details
Title
A joint history of the nature of genetic variation and the nature of schizophrenia
Published Date
Aug 19, 2014
Volume
20
Issue
1
Pages
77 - 83
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