Variation in the vasopressin V1a receptor promoter and expression: Implications for inter- and intraspecific variation in social behaviour

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 399-402

  Hammock, Elizabeth A D ^a   Young, Larry J ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Evolution; Microsatellite DNA; Prairie vole; VNTR

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036460126     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02083.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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