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Adoption study supporting genetic transmission in manic–depressive illness

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COMPARISON of adoptive parents of persons with a psychiatric disorder with their biological parents provides a unique opportunity to separate the interacting aetiological roles of heredity and environment. We have conducted such a study in manic-depressive illness; the results strongly support the importance of genetic factors in the transmission of this disorder.

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  1. Psychiatric Institute, University of Brussels, Brugmann Hospital, 4, Place Van Gehuchten, 1020, Brussels, Belgium

    JULIEN MENDLEWICZ

  2. New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, New York, 10032

    JOHN D. RAINER

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MENDLEWICZ, J., RAINER, J. Adoption study supporting genetic transmission in manic–depressive illness. Nature 268, 327–329 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/268327a0

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