Haplotype structure and divergence at human and chimpanzee serotonin transporter and receptor genes: Implications for behavioral disorder association analyses

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1518-1529

  Claw, Katrina G ^a,c   Tito, Raul Y ^a,d   Stone, Anne C ^b   Verrelli, Brian C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; HTR2A; SLC6A4

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PAN; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 77953755993     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq030     Document Type: Article

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