Evaluation of the serotonergic genes htr1A, htr1B, htr2A, and slc6A4 in aggressive behavior of Golden Retriever dogs

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-66

  Van Den Berg, L ^a,b   Vos Loohuis, M ^a   Schilder, M B H ^c   Van Oost, B A ^d   Hazewinkel, H A W ^a   Wade, C M ^e,f   Karlsson, E K ^e   Lindblad Toh, K ^e   Liinamo, A E ^g   Leegwater, P A J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d American University of the Caribbean   (Netherlands)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Association; Candidate gene; Dog; Linkage; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; DNA; DOGS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1B; SEROTONIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 38349181895     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-007-9179-7     Document Type: Article

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