Percent of inherited variance in anxiety-related personality traits accounted for by serotonin gene polymorphism
| Range | 7-9 % |
|---|---|
| Organism | Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference | Lesch KP, Bengel D, Heils A, Sabol SZ, Greenberg BD, Petri S, Benjamin J, Müller CR, Hamer DH, Murphy DL. Association of anxiety-related traits with a polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene regulatory region. Science. 1996 Nov 29 274(5292):1527-31.PubMed ID8929413 |
| Method | Association studies in two independent samples |
| Comments | 5-HTT polymorphism accounts for 3 to 4 percent of total variation |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 102673 |