The Genetic Architecture of Selection at the Human Dopamine Receptor D4 (DRD4) Gene Locus
Wang E, Ding Y, Flodman P, Kidd J, Kidd K, Grady D, Ryder O, Spence M, Swanson J, Moyzis R. The Genetic Architecture of Selection at the Human Dopamine Receptor D4 (DRD4) Gene Locus. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2004, 74: 931-944. PMID: 15077199, PMCID: PMC1181986, DOI: 10.1086/420854.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLittle linkage disequilibriumHuman dopamine receptor D4 genePolymorphic sitesDNA sequence organizationMost polymorphic sitesPatterns of recombinationObserved LD patternRare mutational eventsDRD4 locusGenetic architectureHaplotype diversityPositive selectionMore polymorphismsSequence organizationGene locusTandem repeatsMutational eventsLD patternsLinkage disequilibriumDopamine receptor D4 geneLociPhysiological differencesSame alleleReceptor variantsAllelesCOMT haplotypes suggest P2 promoter region relevance for schizophrenia
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