Novel repeat polymorphisms of the dopaminergic neurotransmitter genes among dogs and wolves

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 871-879

  Hejjas, Krisztina ^a,b   Vas, Judit ^b   Kubinyi, Eniko ^b   Sasvari Szekely, Maria ^a   Miklosi, Adam ^b   Ronai, Zsolt ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WOLF;

ANIMALS; DOGS; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; WOLVES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 38549108619     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-007-9070-0     Document Type: Article

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