Evidence from pyrosequencing indicates that natural variation in animal personality is associated with DRD4 DNA methylation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1801-1811

  Verhulst, Eveline C ^a,c   Mateman, A Christa ^a   Zwier, Mathijs V ^b   Caro, Samuel P ^a,d   Verhoeven, Koen J F ^a   Van Oers, Kees ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

behaviour; birds; DNA methylation; epigenetics; personality

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PERSONALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PERSONALITY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84964474593     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13519     Document Type: Article

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