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Assortative human pair-bonding for partner ancestry and allelic variation of the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene.
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience - 1 Jun 2010
Eisenberg Dan T A, Apicella Coren L, Campbell Benjamin C, Dreber Anna, Garcia Justin R, Lum J Koji
Abstract excerpt
The 7 repeat (7R) allele of the dopamine receptor D4 gene has been associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and risk taking. On the cross-population scale, 7R allele frequencies have been shown to be higher in populations with more of a history of long-term migrations. It has also been shown that the 7R allele is associated with individuals having multiple ancestries. Here, we conduct a...
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