Personality in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Exploring the hierarchical structure and associations with the vasopressin V1A receptor gene

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Latzman, Robert D ^a   Hopkins, William D ^a,b   Keebaugh, Alaine C ^c   Young, Larry J ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIMATE; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR GENE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN;

EID: 84899679759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095741     Document Type: Article

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