Mother-Infant Rhesus Macaques, Serotonin and the Serotonin Transporter Gene

Authors

Jenna Jackson, Brigham Young University
Dr. James Dee Higley, Brigham Young University

Keywords

mother-infant rhesus macaques, serotonin, serotonin, transporter gene

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Psychology

Abstract

The primary purpose of this project is to assess how a mother’s genotype sets the environment for the infants’ genotype to react in a gene by environment interaction, which affects the infants’ serotonin functioning. In order to effectively study a gene by environment interaction, extensive control over the environment is needed, and rhesus macaque monkeys were used as subjects.

Recommended Citation

Jackson, Jenna and Higley, Dr. James Dee (2017) "Mother-Infant Rhesus Macaques, Serotonin and the Serotonin Transporter Gene," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2017: Iss. 1, Article 98.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2017/iss1/98