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The association of DRD4 and novelty seeking is found in a nonhuman primate model.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Feb 2007
Bailey Julia N, Breidenthal Sherry E, Jorgensen Matthew J, McCracken James T, Fairbanks Lynn A
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OBJECTIVE: The association of novelty seeking with a repeat polymorphism in the coding region of the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) has been demonstrated in several human populations, but not in others. The objective of this study was to test the generality of the association in a captive nonhuman primate population of known history, using objective methods for assessing novelty seeking and a pedigree-based...
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