Similarity in temperament between mother and offspring rhesus monkeys: Sex differences and the role of monoamine oxidase-a and serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism genotypes

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 549-563

  Sullivan, Erin C ^a,b   Mendoza, Sally P ^a,b   Capitanio, John P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alleles; Animal; Behavior; Early experience; Environment; Genetics; Intergenerational; Macaca mulatta; Nonhuman primate; Personality; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TEMPERAMENT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; MOTHERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 80051901496     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20594     Document Type: Article

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