Dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) haplotypes in Caucasians.

doi:10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00369-1

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Dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) haplotypes in Caucasians.

Gene - 14 Nov 1996

Finckh U, Giraldo-Velasquez M, Pelz J, Otto G, Sander T, Schmidt L G, Rommelspacher H, Rolfs A

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The human dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) is considered a candidate gene for neuro-psychiatric diseases. We typed three new DNA sequence variants in DRD2 intron 4, intron 6 and exon 8, in combination with the known TaqI A restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and exon 7 311Ser/Cys in 1...

Topics

Gene Frequency
Genetic Markers
Genotype
Haplotypes
Humans
Linkage Disequilibrium
Receptors, Dopamine D2
White People

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