Comparative genome analysis and the use of genetic analysis to identify genes involved in complex traits such as behavioral abnormalities.
Selected Publications:
1. Hopfer CJ, Lessem JM, Hartman CA, Stallings MC, Cherny SS, Corley RP, Hewitt JK, Krauter KS, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Rhee SH, Smolen A, Young SE, Crowley TJ. (2007) A genome-wide scan for loci influencing adolescent cannabis dependence symptoms: evidence for linkage on chromosomes 3 and 9. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 89(1), 34-41. | pubmed abstract |
2. Stallings MC, Corley RP, Dennehey B, Hewitt JK, Krauter KS, Lessem JM, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Rhee SH, Smolen A, Young SE, Crowley TJ. (2005) A genome-wide search for quantitative trait Loci that influence antisocial drug dependence in adolescence. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62(9), 1042-51. | pubmed abstract |
3. Tardiff J, Krauter KS. (1998) Divergent expression of alpha1-protease inhibitor genes in mouse and human.
Nucleic Acids Res., 26(16), 3794-9. | pubmed abstract |