Signatures of positive selection in the cis-regulatory sequences of the human oxytocin receptor (OXTR) and arginine vasopressin receptor 1a (AVPR1A) genes

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schaschl, Helmut ^a   Huber, Susanne ^a   Schaefer, Katrin ^a   Windhager, Sonja ^a   Wallner, Bernard ^a   Fieder, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin 1a receptor; Balancing selection; Genetic diversity; Oxytocin receptor; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COGNITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; HORMONE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; PEPTIDE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NEUROLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN;

AVPR1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; OXTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

GENETICS; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84939000384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0372-7     Document Type: Article

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