Sentences with phrase «variable number of repeat»

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The number of adverse childhood experiences was summed for each respondent (range, 0 - 8); analyses were repeated with the summed score as an ordinal variable (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or ≥ 5) or as 5 dichotomous variables (yes / no) with 0 experiences as the referent.

One of these is a variable number 48 base pair tandem repeat (48 bp VNTR) in the coding region of the gene [89].

More recently, a common variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism lying 1.2 kb upstream of the transcription initiation site of MAOA has been shown to affect transcriptional activity of the gene in transfected cells.

Moreover, a variable number of tandem repeat in the 3 ′ UTR of the SLC6A3 gene is associated with various antisocial behaviors such as violent delinquency [91] and propensity to a criminal career [92].

Fowler et al. (2009) found that a variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in the gene encoding monoamine oxidase A (responsible for catabolism of serotonin and other catecholamine neurotransmitters), and an insertion / deletion polymorphism in the SLC6A4 promoter (5 - HTTLPR) were associated with what the authors term the «emotional dysfunction» aspect of psychopathy (a construct that corresponds with CU traits) in a sample of adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)[18].