The hunt for gene effects pertinent to behavioral traits and psychiatric disorders: From mouse to human

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 475-492

  Wahlsten, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Consomic strains; Intelligence; Knockout mice; Mouse models; Personality; Polygenic inheritance; Recombinant inbred strains; Schizophrenia; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DISEASE MODEL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84861938558     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21043     Document Type: Review

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