Platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) has been implicated in the biology of several psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. Genetic factors contribute to the variance of MAO activity; however, its mode of inheritance is unknown. To assess the distribution and familial patterns of platelet MAO activity, we studied 73 chronic schizophrenic patients and 219 of their first-degree relatives. The activity distribution was skewed and admixture of two distributions gave a better fit to the data than a single distribution. Single-major-locus hypotheses were tested by pedigree analysis methods for quantitative traits. Using the transmission probability model, the familial transmission of MAO activity was consistent with either recessive or additive inheritance but not with dominant inheritance; the environmental hypothesis was strongly rejected. No effect of genotype on probability of illness was observed suggesting no relationship between the particular major locus tested and schizophrenia. The implications for genetic research in schizophrenia were discussed.
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