Polymorphism of the tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2) gene is associated with chimpanzee neuroticism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Hong, Kyung Won ^a,g   Weiss, Alexander ^b   Morimura, Naruki ^c   Udono, Toshifumi ^d   Hayasaka, Ikuo ^d   Humle, Tatyana ^e   Murayama, Yuichi ^f   Ito, Shin'ichi ^a   Inoue Murayama, Miho ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SANWA KAGAKU KENKYUSHO CO LTD   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^g Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; NEUROSIS; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2 GENE; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GUINEA; HUMAN; JAPAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MACACA MULATTA; MUS; PAN;

TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 79960233414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022144     Document Type: Article

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