The G619A Aa-nat gene polymorphism does not contribute to sleep time variation in the Brazilian population

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 637-638

  Pereira, Danyella Silva ^a   Pedrazzoli, Mario ^a   Koike, Bruna Del Vechio ^a   Louzada, Fernando Mazzili ^b   Benedito Silva, Ana Amélia ^a   Lopez, Alberto Remesar ^a   Tufik, Sergio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AA NAT; Diurnal preference; DSPS; Ethnicity; Melatonin; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AA NAT GENE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; SAMPLE SIZE; SLEEP TIME;

ADULT; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BRAZIL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SLEEP;

EID: 34250724324     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-007-9155-2     Document Type: Article

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