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

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Instability in highly repetitive microsatellite DNA located in the regulatory regions of genes may be a major factor producing diversity in both region-specific gene expression and the resulting phenotypes. Polymorphisms in promoter regions affecting expression of genes involved in regulating behaviour may play a role in generating individual variation in behaviour, including psychopathologies in humans, and...

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