Single-gene influences on brain and behavior

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue , 1999, Pages 599-624

  Wahlsten, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human Genome Project; Quantitative trait locus; Reductionism; Targeted mutation; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHROMOSOME MAP; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE; PSYCHOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0032617144     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.50.1.599     Document Type: Article

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