Chimpanzee sociability is associated with vasopressin (Avpr1a) but not oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) variation

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-90

  Staes, Nicky ^a,b   Koski, Sonja E ^c   Helsen, Philippe ^a,b   Fransen, Erik ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a   Stevens, Jeroen M G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Avpr1a; Behavioral genetics; OXTR; Oxytocin; Pan troglodytes; Personality; Sociability; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVPR1A GENE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXTR GENE; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ALLELE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84940874954     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.08.006     Document Type: Article

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