Genes and aggressiveness. Behavioral genetics.
Four strains of 'knockout' mice, each with a different gene inactivated, have been found to show increased aggressive behavior. The generation of such knockout strains and quantitative trait locus analysis will help identify the genetic determinants of this complex trait.
Tecott
L H
LH
Center for Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Avenue, 94143-0984, USA.
Barondes
S H
SH
D000374:Aggression / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral; D051379:Mice; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000235:genetics; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000235:genetics; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000235:genetics
D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases