Article
Differential genetic susceptibility to child risk at birth in predicting observed maternal behavior.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Fortuna Keren, van Ijzendoorn Marinus H, Mankuta David, Kaitz Marsha, Avinun Reut, Ebstein Richard P, Knafo Ariel
Abstract excerpt
This study examined parenting as a function of child medical risks at birth and parental genotype (dopamine D4 receptor; DRD4). Our hypothesis was that the relation between child risks and later maternal sensitivity would depend on the presence/absence of a genetic variant in the mothers, thus revealing a gene by environment interaction (GXE). Risk at birth was defined by combining risk indices of children's...
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