Male reproductive timing in rhesus macaques is influenced by the 5HTTLPR promoter polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1109-1113

  Krawczak, Michael ^a   Trefilov, Andrea ^b   Berard, John ^c,d   Bercovitch, Fred ^c,e   Kessler, Matthew ^c,f   Sauermann, Ulrike ^g   Croucher, Peter ^a   Nürnberg, Peter ^h,i   Widdig, Anja ^h   Schmidtke, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^h HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Male reproductive timing; Male sexual function; Neurotransmitters; Rhesus macaques; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PUERTO RICO; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 20244377071     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.038059     Document Type: Article

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