Linkage analysis of extremely discordant and concordant sibling pairs identifies quantitative-trait loci that influence variation in the human personality trait neuroticism

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 879-890

  Fullerton, Jan ^a   Cubin, Matthew ^a   Tiwari, Hemant ^c   Wang, Chenxi ^c   Bomhra, Amarjit ^a   Davidson, Stuart ^a   Miller, Sue ^a   Fairburn, Christopher ^b   Goodwin, Guy ^b   Neale, Michael C ^d   Fiddy, Simon ^a   Mott, Richard ^a   Allison, David B ^c   Flint, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RODENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIBLING; STIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037383454     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374178     Document Type: Article

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