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Polymorphism at the avpr1a locus in male prairie voles correlated with genetic but not social monogamy in field populations.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2009
Solomon N G, Richmond A R, Harding P A, Fries A, Jacquemin S, Schaefer R L, Lucia K E, Keane B
Abstract excerpt
Integrative studies of genetics, neurobiology and behaviour indicate that polymorphism in specific genes contributes to variation observed in some complex social behaviours. The neuropeptide arginine vasopressin plays an important role in the regulation of a variety of social behaviours, including social attachment of males to females, through its action on the vasopressin 1a receptor (V1aR). In socially...
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