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or two of what's called the short allele on the serotonin transporter gene--
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so this is a particular variation on the serotonin transporter gene--
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if they had one or two of these short alleles
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and they were confronted with stress,
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they were more likely to develop depression.
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But it's important to sort of dissect this.
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So people who had--it didn't really matter which of these genes you had.
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If you were never confronted with major kinds of stress,
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like maltreatment, if you weren't confronted with stress,
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you were no more likely to have depression regardless of
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what kind of serotonin gene you had.
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But if you had either one short allele or two short alleles