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Previously we have proposed that a locus for schizophrenia could be present on the sex chromosomes based on observations of increased numbers of same sex siblings with schizophrenia and an excess of sex chromosome aneuploidies among cohorts of schizophrenics. Since male to male transmission occurs in schizophrenia, homologous loci on the X and Y chromosomes were postulated. In previous studies small...