Primate home range and GRIN2A, a receptor gene involved in neuronal plasticity: Implications for the evolution of spatial memory

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-441

  Ali, F ^a,b,c   Meier, R ^a,b  

^a Department of Biological Sciences   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GRIN2A; Maximum likelihood; Molecular evolution; N methyl d aspartate; Positive selection; Primates; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CODON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEARNING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

PRIMATES;

EID: 67149147302     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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