DNA BY MAIL - AN INEXPENSIVE AND NONINVASIVE METHOD FOR COLLECTING DNA SAMPLES FROM WIDELY DISPERSED POPULATIONS

Authors
FREEMAN B POWELL J BALL D HILL L CRAIG I PLOMIN R
Citation
B. Freeman et al., DNA BY MAIL - AN INEXPENSIVE AND NONINVASIVE METHOD FOR COLLECTING DNA SAMPLES FROM WIDELY DISPERSED POPULATIONS, Behavior genetics, 27(3), 1997, pp. 251-257
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,"Behavioral Sciences","Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Behavior genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00018244
Volume
27
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
251 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-8244(1997)27:3<251:DBM-AI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
As specific genes are identified that are associated with behavior, it becomes increasingly important for behavioral geneticists to be able to incorporate these genes in their research. Rather than using blood, DNA can be extracted from cheek swabs, which makes it possible to obt ain DNA inexpensively by mail from large, widely dispersed individuals . The purpose of this paper is to recommend this technique to the beha vioral genetics community and to present results of our use of this te chnique to obtain DNA by mail for 114 2-year-olds and 116 adults.