Characterization of a dopamine transporter polymorphism and behavior in Belgian Malinois

BMC Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lit, Lisa ^a   Belanger, Janelle M ^a   Boehm, Debby ^b   Lybarger, Nathan ^c   Haverbeke, Anouck ^d,e   Diederich, Claire ^e   Oberbauer, Anita M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Precision Canine   (United States)

^c Left Coast Canine   (United States)

^d VetEthology   (Belgium)

^e University of Namur   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Behavior; Belgian Malinois; Dog; Dopamine transporter; Seizure

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BELGIAN MALINOIS; BODY POSTURE; DOG; EXERCISE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMPULSIVENESS; NONHUMAN; SEIZURE; STRESS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; YAWNING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOGS; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84878239223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-14-45     Document Type: Article

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