Article
Serotonin transporter genotype 5HTTLPR as a marker of differential susceptibility? A meta-analysis of child and adolescent gene-by-environment studies.
Translational psychiatry - 7 Aug 2012
van Ijzendoorn M H, Belsky J, Bakermans-Kranenburg M J
Abstract excerpt
We present results of a meta-analysis of gene-by-environment (G × E) studies involving the serotonin transporter genotype 5HTTLPR to evaluate empirical support for two competing conceptual frameworks in developmental psychopathology: diathesis-stress and differential susceptibility. From a diathe...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins