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The serotonin transporter: sequence variation in Macaca fascicularis and its relationship to dominance.
Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 2007
Miller-Butterworth Cassandra M, Kaplan Jay R, Barmada M Michael, Manuck Stephen B, Ferrell Robert E
Abstract excerpt
Specific genotypes of the rhesus monkey and human serotonin transporter gene (SERT) promoter region are associated with personality traits and serotonergic activity. However, the most commonly studied promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) is monomorphic in many other monkey species. To date, no systematic search for alternative potentially functional polymorphisms across the remaining coding parts of the gene has been...
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