title: An experimental geneticist looks at catecholamine metabolism.
abstract: The contributions of genetic variation, including that at unstable and duplicated loci, interactions between alleles at different loci and genotype-environment interaction to observable phenotypic variation in experimental animals are discussed with particular reference to catecholamine metabolism. The possibilities and complexities involved in extrapolating to human populations, and to behavioural consequences of biochemical variation, are outlined.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D004777:Environment; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D010641:Phenotype; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines