Abstract
Genetics is assumed to cause susceptibility to psychosis, but no major locus has been identified. These disorders cosegregate with a chromosome 1;11 translocation in a Scottish pedigree where 50% of the carriers are diseased. A genetic model originally proposed to explain the basis of these illnesses predicts such an outcome.
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