gene related to violence?

[Keith Robison]

Barbara Germon (isbgg at emory.edu) wrote:
: Does anyone know of research being done to identify a gene thought to
: cause a predisposition to violent behavior in humans who have it?  If so,
: where could I get more information?

There has been 1 or a pair of studies purporting to link a polymorphism
in the monoamine oxidase gene to violent behaviour.  You could probably
find more information in Medline or OMIM.  

Bounce off
	http://golgi.harvard.edu/htbin/biopages?medline|omim


Keith Robison
Harvard University
Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology
Department of Genetics / HHMI

robison at mito.harvard.edu