Genetic Influences on Receptive Joint Attention in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hopkins, William D ^a,b   Keebaugh, Alaine C ^c   Reamer, Lisa A ^d   Schaeffer, Jennifer ^a,b   Schapiro, Steven J ^d   Young, Larry J ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEQUENCE DELETION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84892872702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03774     Document Type: Article

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