DRD4 and obesity disorder: In the DRD4 gene, when studying polymorphism of variable numbers (48 base pairs) of tandem repeats (VNTR) (NC_000011.10 (637269-640706 insertion), individuals with the seven-repeat or longer allele (DRD4-L), which confers low DA signaling in the striatum [35,36], were shown to have a higher risk for obesity than individuals with shorter alleles (DRD4-S) [37,38].