Population genetic analysis of the N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase gene associated with mental activity in humans

Genetics

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1505-1515

  Hie, Lim Kim ^a   Satta, Yoko ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; EXON; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; N ACYLSPHINGOSINE AMIDOHYDROLASE GENE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; LIPIDOSIS; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

ACYLSPHINGOSINE DEACYLASE; AMIDASE; AMINO ACID;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LIPIDOSES; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 45149125707     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.083691     Document Type: Article

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