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Indian ethnic populations characterized by dopamine (D4) receptor VNTR polymorphism.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Ghosh Anu, Seshadri M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The human dopamine receptor D4 gene (DRD4) contains a 48-bp tandem repeat in exon 3 and shows alleles varying between repeats 2 and 11. The gene shows a high level of expression in the prefrontal cortex of the brain and association of particular alleles of this locus with various neuropsychiatric and personality disorders have been reported. OBJECTIVE: The present study reports allele frequency...
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