The German researchers took samples of cells from inside the mouths of 101 young men and women and tested them for a gene called COMT.

德国研究人员提取了101位年轻男性和女性嘴里的细胞样本，并且在样本中检测一种被称为COMT的基因。

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Meanwhile, Dr Young says that he and his colleagues have found a lot of variation in the vasopressin-receptor gene in humans.

同时，Young博士说他和同事已经发现人类抗利尿激素受体基因的许多变异。

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Researchers quizzed 180 young men and women about their attitude towards relationships and tested them for a gene called DRD4, which affects levels of the brain chemical dopamine.

美国的研究团队调查了180个年轻的男性与女性，经过详细了解了他们以往的感情史与爱情观之后，对他们做名为 DRD4的基因检测，据悉，这种基因能够影响大脑中多巴胺的含量。

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This means they would pass on the gene for the green protein to their young.

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Dr. Stefansson says that in the future, people could test themselves for bad version of the gene at a relatively young age.

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Some 600, 000 Americans have a less severe version caused by one defective copy. (There would be more of the double-gene victims if they didn't die young.) To get its drug approved Isis will need to study 45 patients with the severe two-gene form and a few hundred with the single-gene disease.

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