Freeman B, Powell J, Ball D, Hill L, Craig I, Plomin R
Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, United Kingdom.
Behav Genet. 1997 May;27(3):251-7. doi: 10.1023/a:1025614231190.
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 obtain DNA inexpensively by mail from large, widely dispersed individuals. The purpose of this paper is to recommend this technique to the behavioral genetics community and to present results of our use of this technique to obtain DNA by mail for 114 2-year-olds and 116 adults.
随着与行为相关的特定基因被识别出来，行为遗传学家能够在其研究中纳入这些基因变得越来越重要。DNA可以从口腔拭子中提取，而不是使用血液，这使得通过邮件从大量分布广泛的个体那里廉价地获取DNA成为可能。本文的目的是向行为遗传学领域推荐这项技术，并展示我们使用该技术通过邮件为114名2岁儿童和116名成年人获取DNA的结果。
