Post your "Warrior Gene" results

[Skjaldemjøden]

Thank you, but it says no gene or SNP found?

You need to enter the SNPs from the OP: Rs909525, Rs6323 & Rs3027399

[Dr. Robotnik the Subbotnik]

You need to enter the SNPs from the OP: Rs909525, Rs6323 & Rs3027399

When I put Rs909525 in it shows it. It says genotype C. Versions C or T. Gene = MAOA? When I put Rs6323 in another thing comes up, it's genotype G, versions G or T. Gene = MAOA whatever that is. When I put the third one in, nothing comes up.

[Dr. Robotnik the Subbotnik]

So do I have teh warrior gene?

[Skjaldemjøden]

So do I have teh warrior gene?

Quite possibly. Depends whether you have a G on rs3027399 or not. Since it renders no result on your search I assume you have the v3 chip?

[Dr. Robotnik the Subbotnik]

Quite possibly. Depends whether you have a G on rs3027399 or not. Since it renders no result on your search I assume you have the v3 chip?

I dunno what the v3 chip is.

[Skjaldemjøden]

I dunno what the v3 chip is.

Are you on GedMatch? If you go to 'One-to-many' matches you'll find your kit listed at the top of the chart. There's a Type category which should show your chip version. If you got tested by 23andme after December 2013 you're probably a V4 client. The V4 chip checks said SNP (rs3027399) while V3 didn't, according to OP.
Here's an article on V4: http://blog.23andme.com/news/23andmes-new-custom-chip/
It did cause a small outcry at the time, since this chip apparently provides less genealogical information than the last one.

[curupira]

According to a study, people with the warrior gene would be better at risky decisions:

People with 'warrior gene' better at risky decisions

It's been called the "warrior gene" – a mutation that seems to make people more aggressive. Now researchers report that people with this gene may not be aggressive, just better at spotting their own interests.

Previous research has found that people with MAOA-L, a gene that controls signalling chemicals in the brain, can be more aggressive. But there is enormous controversy about this, as the gene's effects seem to vary with people's backgrounds.

Cary Frydman and colleagues at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena have now found that people with MAOA-L "just make better choices", says Frydman. "This isn't the same as aggression."

Raising the stakes

Variants of the gene MAOA produce less or more of an enzyme that degrades several signalling chemicals, known as neurotransmitters. People with MAOA-L, which results in less of the enzyme, sometimes show more aggression or impulsivity – but not always.

To try to dissect these differences, Frydman gave 83 male volunteers 140 hypothetical choices. With 3 minutes for each choice, the men had to decide whether they preferred a sure thing, say being given $2, or a risky option, for example a 50:50 chance of gaining $10 or losing $5.

Previous research has shown that these choices can be used to reveal each person's overall aversion to risk. The team found this did not differ in people with or without MAOA-L.

But the calculation also allowed them to look at how often each person took the risky option that would also do them the most good. At every level of risk aversion among the participants, "the MAOA-L carriers were better at choosing what – for them – was the more beneficial option".

The results are consistent with previous research, says Frydman, but his team could distinguish for the first time between the two components of each decision: deciding how much each option was worth , then comparing them. The MAOA-L carriers were better at the second part.

Pay attention

This edge may look like aggression or impulsivity in some situations, but may simply reflect more focused attention, thinks Frydman. "If two gamblers are counting cards, and one is making a lot of bets, it may look like he's more aggressive or impulsive. But you don't know what cards he's counting – he may just be responding to good opportunities."

"Previous studies that have associated MAOA-L with aggression or impulsivity might have to be interpreted carefully," says Antonio Rangel, who heads the lab where Frydman works. "The key question is whether, in the context of the lives of the subjects, these decisions were optimal or not."

In a study published last year Dominic Johnson of the University of Edinburgh, UK, found that MAOA-L carriers were more aggressive, but only after a large provocation and without apparent impulsiveness. "That could be explained by this new work," he says, because his subjects seemed to be acting in strategic self-interest, the very thing Frydman's MAOA-L carriers were good at. This also suggests how such behaviour – and the gene that shapes it – could be selected by evolution.

The implications go beyond the so-called "warrior gene". As gene sequencing gets cheaper, says Frydman, there will be more efforts to link genes to behaviour. To do that accurately, researchers will need to define the components of behaviour as carefully as they do the DNA.

Journal reference: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2304

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...l#.VWRVOs9Viko

[Dr. Robotnik the Subbotnik]

Are you on GedMatch? If you go to 'One-to-many' matches you'll find your kit listed at the top of the chart. There's a Type category which should show your chip version. If you got tested by 23andme after December 2013 you're probably a V4 client. The V4 chip checks said SNP (rs3027399) while V3 didn't, according to OP.
Here's an article on V4: http://blog.23andme.com/news/23andmes-new-custom-chip/
It did cause a small outcry at the time, since this chip apparently provides less genealogical information than the last one.

Yes I am on GEDmatch, I can see my kit number but not my chip version.

[Skjaldemjøden]

Yes I am on GEDmatch

Oh, my bad. I have multiple kits. Here:

If you aren't sure which 23andMe chip version you were tested on, log in to your 23andMe account, click on www.23andme.com/you/compare/, then go to the One-to-One tab and put your own name on both sides. If it shows >900K SNPs, then you were tested with the V3 chip; conversely, if it shows ~550K or ~570K SNPs, then you were tested using the V2 and V4 chips, respectively.
http://www.genealogyjunkie.net/blog

[BeerBaron]

Is there any information on the spread of this gene?

I remember reading an article that was talking about during the mass exodus from scandinavia in the late 1800's basically the people who left were aggressive types.