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Association study of human VN1R1 pheromone receptor gene alleles and gender.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2007
Mitropoulos Constantinos, Papachatzopoulou Adamantia, Menounos Panagiotis G, Kolonelou Christina, Pappa Magda, Bertolis George, Gerou Spiros, Patrinos George P
Abstract excerpt
Pheromones are water-soluble chemicals that elicit neuroendocrine and physiological changes, while they also provide information about gender within individuals of the same species. VN1R1 is the only functional pheromone receptor in humans. We have undertaken a large mutation screening approach in 425 adult individuals from the Hellenic population to investigate whether the allelic differences, namely alleles 1a...
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