Environmental stress alters genetic regulation of novelty seeking in vervet monkeys
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Environmental stress alters genetic regulation of novelty seeking in vervet monkeys
Considerable attention has been paid to identifying genetic influences and gene-environment interactions that increase vulnerability to environmental stressors, with promising but inconsistent results. A nonhuman primate model is presented here that allows assessment of genetic influences in response to a stressful life event for a behavioural trait with relevance for psychopathology. Genetic a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Genes, Brain and Behavior
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1601-1848
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2011.00707.x