The association of DNA sequence variation at the MAOA genetic locus with quantitative behavioural traits in normal males

Human Genetics

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-459

  Rosenberg, Shai ^a   Templeton, Alan R ^b   Feigin, Paul D ^a   Lancet, Doron ^c   Beckmann, Jacques S ^d,e   Selig, Sara ^a,g   Hamer, Dean H ^f   Skorecki, Karl ^a,g  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behavioural traits; Genetic association; Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA); Population structure; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONSCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VALIDATION STUDY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33750552346     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-006-0198-x     Document Type: Article

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