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Interspecies and intraspecies variations in the serotonin transporter gene intron 3 VNTR in nonhuman primates.
Primates; journal of primatology - 1 Apr 2008
Inoue-Murayama Miho, Hibino Emi, Iwatsuki Hiromi, Inoue Eiji, Hong Kyung-Won, Nishida Toshisada, Hayasaka Ikuo, Ito Shin'ichi, Murayama Yuichi
Abstract excerpt
A variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism based on a 16 or 17-bp unit has been reported in the third intron of the human serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT). VNTRs have been shown to affect the transcriptional activity of genes, and VNTR polymorphisms possibly influence human personality and several psychoneurological disorders. To estimate the changes that occurred in the VNTRs during primate...
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